Question 1

Is The Village of Bald Head Island water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

The Village of Bald Head Island (PWS ID: NC0410130) has 84 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 3,291 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does The Village of Bald Head Island serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that The Village of Bald Head Island serves 3,291 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Bald Head Island or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 1,296 service connections. The operator address is listed in Bald Head Island, North Carolina.

Question 3

What type of violations does The Village of Bald Head Island have?

Accepted Answer

The Village of Bald Head Island has 84 total violations: 11 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 43 monitoring/reporting violations, and 4 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in The Village of Bald Head Island water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for The Village of Bald Head Island under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does The Village of Bald Head Island use?

Accepted Answer

The Village of Bald Head Island uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does The Village of Bald Head Island sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), The Village of Bald Head Island ranks #9,972 of 29,740 by people served, and #281 of 713 in North Carolina. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does The Village of Bald Head Island's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

The Village of Bald Head Island has 84 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 30% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 69% of that cohort has fewer violations than The Village of Bald Head Island. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	20	2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	9	2014
Arsenic	MR	9	1988
Coliform (TCR)	MR	7	1993
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	7	1992
Lead and Copper Rule	TT	4	1994
TTHM	MR	4	2004
Mercury	MR	2	1988
Cadmium	MR	2	1988
Nitrate	MR	2	1988
Fluoride	MR	2	1988
Chromium	MR	2	1988
Selenium	MR	2	1988
Barium	MR	2	1988
Public Notice	Other	1	2005

The Village of Bald Head Island

The Village of Bald Head Island standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for The Village of Bald Head Island

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served