Community Water System · PWS NC0464040
Sharpsburg, Town Of
Operator location Sharpsburg, North Carolina - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 310 EPA violations; surface water source; 1,945 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,945
- People served (this PWS)
- 310
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 41
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Sharpsburg, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
310 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 13% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #13,880 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Sharpsburg, Town Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (310), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,945 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 13% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #13,880 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #372 of 713
- Population · NC
- 310
- Total EPA violations on record
- 13%
- 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
- 1,095
- County
- Nash
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 41
- Monitoring Violations
- 219
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 49 | 2015 |
| Chlorine | MR | 46 | 2017 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 44 | 2021 |
| TTHM | MR | 39 | 2021 |
| Public Notice | Other | 29 | 2016 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 19 | 2015 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 19 | 2022 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 15 | 2012 |
| TTHM | MCL | 15 | 2012 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 12 | 2017 |
| Asbestos | MR | 10 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 7 | 2000 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MCL | 4 | 2007 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Sharpsburg, Town Of has 310 recorded EPA violations, 91% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 9% carry more. 13% of this system's own violations are health-based (41 of 310), and it ranks #13,880 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)
310 Higher than most more violations than 91% 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 Sharpsburg, Town Of
310 violations on record for NC0464040; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
310 violations · 1,945 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 Sharpsburg, Town Of
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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