Community Water System · PWS NC0351025
Benson, Town Of
Operator location Benson, North Carolina - UCMR5 detected 8 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 64 violations and 4,293 people served.
- 4,293
- People served (this PWS)
- 64
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 7
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 8 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Benson, Town Of standing, mid SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 8 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 11% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #8,475 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Benson, Town Of lands in the middle third by violation volume (64), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (4,293; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 11% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 8 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #8,475 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #251 of 713
- Population · NC
- 64
- Total EPA violations on record
- 11%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
8 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,685
- County
- Johnston
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 7
- Monitoring Violations
- 44
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 12 | 2014 |
| TTHM | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2013 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 7 | 2003 |
| Chlorine | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2003 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | MR | 1 | 2010 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Benson, Town Of has 64 recorded EPA violations, 63% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 37% carry more. 11% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 64), and it ranks #8,475 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
64 Around the middle fewer violations than 37% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 56 of 232 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFUnA | 9/23/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/23/2024 | 5.40 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/23/2024 | 10.60 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 9/23/2024 | 5.90 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/23/2024 | 5.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/23/2024 | 5.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/23/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/23/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/17/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/17/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/17/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/17/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/17/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/17/2024 | 3.60 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/17/2024 | 3.60 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/17/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/17/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/17/2024 | 11.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 9/17/2024 | 6.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 9/17/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/17/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/17/2024 | 7.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| ADONA | 9/17/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/17/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/17/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/17/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/17/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/17/2024 | 6.40 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/17/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/17/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/17/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/17/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/17/2024 | 10.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Benson, Town Of
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS NC0351025 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
64 violations · 4,293 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Benson, Town Of
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in North Carolina compares on the same EPA violation measures. North Carolina systems
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