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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)
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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.

PFAS Detected

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

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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.

What to do with Fuquay-Varina, 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