Community Water System · PWS NC0392159
Meadow Lake S/D
Operator location Apex, North Carolina - UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 348 violations and 42 people served.
- 42
- People served (this PWS)
- 348
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 13
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 1 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Meadow Lake S/D standing, high SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds).
The verdict
Meadow Lake S/D sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (348), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (42; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- 348
- Total EPA violations on record
- 4%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 42
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- 1
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 17
- County
- Wake
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 13
- Monitoring Violations
- 281
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 34 | 2006 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 25 | 2018 |
| Arsenic | MR | 15 | 1992 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 13 | 1997 |
| Nitrate | MR | 13 | 2020 |
| Barium | MR | 7 | 1992 |
| Chromium | MR | 7 | 1992 |
| Fluoride | MR | 7 | 1992 |
| Mercury | MR | 7 | 1992 |
| Cadmium | MR | 7 | 1992 |
| Selenium | MR | 7 | 1992 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 6 | 2022 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Endrin | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Dalapon | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Simazine | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Picloram | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| TTHM | MR | 5 | 2016 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Meadow Lake S/D has 348 recorded EPA violations, 92% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 8% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (13 of 348), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
348 Higher than most more violations than 92% 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. 1 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEtFOSAA | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/12/2025 | 3.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/12/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/12/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/12/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/12/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/12/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/12/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/12/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/12/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/12/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 2/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 2/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 2/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 2/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 2/11/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 2/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 2/11/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 2/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 2/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 2/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 2/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 2/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Meadow Lake S/D
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS NC0392159 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
348 violations · 42 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.
What to do with Meadow Lake S/D
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