Community Water System · PWS NC0382030
Harrells Water Corp
Operator location Harrells, North Carolina - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 125 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,642 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,642
- People served (this PWS)
- 125
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Harrells Water Corp standing, high SDWIS violation third
125 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 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #15,145 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Harrells Water Corp sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (125), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,642 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #15,145 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #396 of 713
- Population · NC
- 125
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 657
- County
- Sampson
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 83
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 20 | 2023 |
| Arsenic | MR | 10 | 1985 |
| Barium | MR | 10 | 1985 |
| Public Notice | Other | 8 | 2007 |
| Nitrate | MR | 7 | 1985 |
| Mercury | MR | 7 | 1985 |
| Cadmium | MR | 7 | 1985 |
| Chromium | MR | 7 | 1985 |
| Selenium | MR | 7 | 1985 |
| Fluoride | MR | 7 | 1985 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 2001 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 6 | 2005 |
| TTHM | MR | 6 | 2005 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 1993 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2005 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Harrells Water Corp has 125 recorded EPA violations, 78% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 22% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 125), and it ranks #15,145 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)
125 Higher than most more violations than 78% 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 Harrells Water Corp
125 violations on record for NC0382030; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
125 violations · 1,642 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 Harrells Water Corp
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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