Community Water System · PWS NC0353010
Sanford, City Of
Operator location Sanford, North Carolina - 29% of 154 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 48,350 served per SDWIS.
- 48,350
- People served (this PWS)
- 154
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 45
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 8 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Sanford, City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
29% of 154 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 29% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #1,135 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Sanford, City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (154), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (48,350; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 29% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 8 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #1,135 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #35 of 713
- Population · NC
- 154
- Total EPA violations on record
- 29%
- 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
- 18,961
- County
- Lee
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 43
- Monitoring Violations
- 99
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 25 | 2011 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 15 | 2010 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Chlordane | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| LASSO | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Endrin | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Public Notice | Other | 5 | 2011 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 2004 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 2 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Sanford, City Of has 154 recorded EPA violations, 81% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 29% of this system's own violations are health-based (45 of 154), and it ranks #1,135 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)
154 Higher than most more violations than 81% 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. 26 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMeFOSAA | 7/24/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/24/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/24/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/24/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/14/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/14/2023 | 11.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/14/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/14/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 6/14/2023 | 4.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/14/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/14/2023 | 4.90 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 6/14/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/14/2023 | 16.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 6/14/2023 | 7.50 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 6/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/14/2023 | 12.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/14/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/14/2023 | 13.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/14/2023 | 7.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/14/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/29/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/29/2024 | 5.60 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/29/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/29/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/29/2024 | 10.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 4/29/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/29/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/29/2024 | 6.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/29/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/29/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/29/2024 | 5.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/29/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/29/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/29/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/29/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/29/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/29/2024 | 4.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| ADONA | 4/29/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/29/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/29/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/29/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Sanford, City Of
45 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NC0353010.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
154 violations · 48,350 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
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 Sanford, City 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
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.