Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS NC0353130
Pilgrim`s Pride Water System
Operator location Sanford, North Carolina - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 184 EPA violations; surface water source; 1,040 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,040
- People served (this PWS)
- 184
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 36
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Pilgrim`s Pride Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
184 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 20% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #19,078 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Pilgrim`s Pride Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (184), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,040 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 20% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #19,078 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #468 of 713
- Population · NC
- 184
- Total EPA violations on record
- 20%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 1
- County
- Lee
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 20
- Monitoring Violations
- 129
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 16
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 22 | 2015 |
| TTHM | MCL | 20 | 2019 |
| TTHM | MR | 18 | 2015 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 14 | 2016 |
| Public Notice | Other | 11 | 2019 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 10 | 2013 |
| Chlorine | MR | 10 | 2016 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 1993 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 6 | 2006 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 6 | 2016 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Barium | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Chromium | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Mercury | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Selenium | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 2000 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Cadmium | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Fluoride | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Arsenic | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2001 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Pilgrim`s Pride Water System has 184 recorded EPA violations, 84% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 16% carry more. 20% of this system's own violations are health-based (36 of 184), and it ranks #19,078 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)
184 Higher than most more violations than 84% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Pilgrim`s Pride Water System
184 violations on record for NC0353130; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
184 violations · 1,040 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Pilgrim`s Pride Water System
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