Community Water System · PWS NC0424020
Chadbourn, Town Of
Operator location Chadbourn, North Carolina - 3% of 70 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 2,370 served per SDWIS.
- 2,370
- People served (this PWS)
- 70
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Chadbourn, Town Of standing, mid SDWIS violation third
3% of 70 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,366 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Chadbourn, Town Of lands in the middle third by violation volume (70), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,370 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,366 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #342 of 713
- Population · NC
- 70
- Total EPA violations on record
- 3%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 933
- County
- Columbus
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 60
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 24 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 11 | 2017 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 6 | 2017 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 2005 |
| TTHM | MR | 5 | 2015 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 5 | 2015 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2011 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 2 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Chadbourn, Town Of has 70 recorded EPA violations, 65% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 35% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 70), and it ranks #12,366 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)
70 Around the middle fewer violations than 35% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Chadbourn, Town Of
2 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NC0424020.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
70 violations · 2,370 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Chadbourn, Town Of
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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