Community Water System · PWS NC0494025
Washington County Water System
Operator location Plymouth, North Carolina - 36% of 39 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 6,693 served per SDWIS.
- 6,693
- People served (this PWS)
- 39
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 14
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Washington County Water System standing, mid SDWIS violation third
36% of 39 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 36% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #6,325 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Washington County Water System lands in the middle third by violation volume (39), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (6,693; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 36% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #6,325 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #190 of 713
- Population · NC
- 39
- Total EPA violations on record
- 36%
- 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
- 2,635
- County
- Washington
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 7
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 12 | 2003 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2001 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 2 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2004 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Washington County Water System has 39 recorded EPA violations, 50% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 50% carry more. 36% of this system's own violations are health-based (14 of 39), and it ranks #6,325 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)
39 Lower than most fewer violations than 50% 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. 0 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFTA | 8/8/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/8/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/8/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/8/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/20/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/20/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/20/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/20/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/20/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/20/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/20/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/20/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/20/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/20/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/20/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/20/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/20/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/20/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/20/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/20/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/20/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/20/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/20/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/20/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/20/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/20/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/20/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/20/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/20/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 2/21/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 2/21/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 2/21/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 2/21/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 10/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 10/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 10/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 10/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 10/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 10/22/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 10/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 10/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 10/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 10/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 10/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 10/22/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 10/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 10/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 10/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 10/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 10/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Washington County Water System
14 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NC0494025.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
39 violations · 6,693 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Washington County Water System
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
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