Question 1

Is Carolina Friends School water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Carolina Friends School (PWS ID: NC0368465) has 134 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 566 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Carolina Friends School serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Carolina Friends School serves 566 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Chapel Hill or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 18 service connections. The operator address is listed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Question 3

What type of violations does Carolina Friends School have?

Accepted Answer

Carolina Friends School has 134 total violations: 4 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 129 monitoring/reporting violations, and 4 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Carolina Friends School water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Carolina Friends School under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Carolina Friends School use?

Accepted Answer

Carolina Friends School uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Non-Transient Non-Community Water System, serving the same people for at least 6 months per year.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Carolina Friends School sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Carolina Friends School ranks #27,128 of 29,740 by people served, and #656 of 713 in North Carolina. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Carolina Friends School's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Carolina Friends School has 134 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 21% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 79% of that cohort has fewer violations than Carolina Friends School. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	6	2023
Chlorine	MR	5	2023
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	MR	4	2001
2,4-D	MR	4	2001
Heptachlor	MR	4	2001
LASSO	MR	4	2001
Aldicarb	MR	4	2001
Carbofuran	MR	4	2001
Aldicarb sulfoxide	MR	4	2001
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	4	2001
Picloram	MR	4	2001
OXAMYL	MR	4	2001
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	4	2001
Dalapon	MR	4	2001
Methoxychlor	MR	4	2001
Chlordane	MR	4	2001
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	MR	4	2001
Pentachlorophenol	MR	4	2001
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	4	2001
Toxaphene	MR	4	2001
Atrazine	MR	4	2001
BHC-GAMMA	MR	4	2001
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	4	2001
Dinoseb	MR	4	2001
Endrin	MR	4	2001
2,4,5-TP	MR	4	2001
Aldicarb sulfone	MR	4	2001
Lead and Copper Rule	TT	4	1994
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	4	2001
Simazine	MR	4	2001

Carolina Friends School

Carolina Friends School standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for Carolina Friends School

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints