Community Water System · PWS NC0424045
Lake Waccamaw, Town Of
Operator location Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 94 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,572 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,572
- People served (this PWS)
- 94
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 14
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Lake Waccamaw, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
94 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 15% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,678 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Lake Waccamaw, Town Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (94), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,572 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 15% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,678 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #323 of 713
- Population · NC
- 94
- Total EPA violations on record
- 15%
- 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
- 972
- County
- Columbus
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 40
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 12 | 2005 |
| Chlorine | MR | 11 | 2019 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 11 | 2008 |
| Public Notice | Other | 8 | 2009 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| TTHM | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 5 | 2019 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 2 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Lake Waccamaw, Town Of has 94 recorded EPA violations, 72% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 28% carry more. 15% of this system's own violations are health-based (14 of 94), and it ranks #11,678 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)
94 Around the middle fewer violations than 28% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Lake Waccamaw, Town Of
94 violations on record for NC0424045; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
94 violations · 2,572 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Lake Waccamaw, 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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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.