Community Water System · PWS NC0392055
Fuquay-Varina, Town Of
Operator location Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina - UCMR5 detected 9 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 64 violations and 42,954 people served.
- 42,954
- People served (this PWS)
- 64
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 12
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 9 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Fuquay-Varina, Town Of standing, mid SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 9 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 19% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #1,293 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Fuquay-Varina, Town Of lands in the middle third by violation volume (64), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (42,954; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 19% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 9 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #1,293 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #39 of 713
- Population · NC
- 64
- Total EPA violations on record
- 19%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
9 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 17,113
- County
- Wake
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 35
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MR | 20 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 12 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MCL | 7 | 2020 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2006 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 2013 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 2000 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Fuquay-Varina, Town Of has 64 recorded EPA violations, 63% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 37% carry more. 19% of this system's own violations are health-based (12 of 64), and it ranks #1,293 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)
64 Around the middle fewer violations than 37% 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. 29 of 132 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFTrDA | 8/14/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/14/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/14/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/14/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/14/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/14/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/14/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/13/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/13/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/13/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/13/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/13/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/13/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/13/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/13/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 2/15/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 2/15/2024 | 5.20 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 2/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 2/15/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 2/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 2/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 2/15/2024 | 4.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| ADONA | 2/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 2/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 2/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 2/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 2/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 2/15/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 2/15/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 2/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 2/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 2/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 2/15/2024 | 6.60 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 2/15/2024 | 5.90 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxS | 2/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 2/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 2/15/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 2/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 2/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 2/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 2/15/2024 | 4.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 2/15/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 2/15/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 2/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 2/15/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 2/15/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 2/15/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 2/15/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 2/15/2024 | 5.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Fuquay-Varina, Town Of
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS NC0392055 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
64 violations · 42,954 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
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 Fuquay-Varina, Town Of
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