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Community Water System · PWS NC0378040

Rowland, Town Of

Operator location Rowland, North Carolina - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 117 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,341 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

1,341
People served (this PWS)
117
EPA violations (this PWS)
6
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Rowland, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

117 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 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #16,914 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Rowland, Town Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (117), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,341 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#16,914 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#430 of 713
Population · NC
117
Total EPA violations on record
5%
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
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
651
County
Robeson
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
4
Monitoring Violations
65
Treatment Tech Violations
2

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 20 2017
Lead and Copper Rule MR 18 2018
TTHM MR 10 2019
Chlorine MR 10 2016
Coliform (TCR) MR 9 2011
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 8 2019
Public Notice Other 6 2018
Thallium, Total MCL 4 2005
Nitrate MR 4 1997
Thallium, Total MR 4 2006
Asbestos MR 2 2002
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS TT 2 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 2 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Rowland, Town Of has 117 recorded EPA violations, 76% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 24% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 117), and it ranks #16,914 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)

117 Higher than most more violations than 76% 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 Rowland, Town Of

117 violations on record for NC0378040; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section

Nationwide peers

117 violations · 1,341 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Rowland, Town Of

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater