Question 1

Is Elm City, Town Of water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Elm City, Town Of (PWS ID: NC0498020) has 506 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 1,450 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Elm City, Town Of serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Elm City, Town Of serves 1,450 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Elm City or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 635 service connections. The operator address is listed in Elm City, North Carolina.

Question 3

What type of violations does Elm City, Town Of have?

Accepted Answer

Elm City, Town Of has 506 total violations: 47 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 408 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Elm City, Town Of water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Elm City, Town Of under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Elm City, Town Of use?

Accepted Answer

Elm City, Town Of 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 Elm City, Town Of sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Elm City, Town Of ranks #16,293 of 29,740 by people served, and #415 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 Elm City, Town Of's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Elm City, Town Of has 506 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 5% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 95% of that cohort has fewer violations than Elm City, Town Of. 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
TTHM	MCL	32	2025
TTHM	MR	25	2025
Public Notice	Other	22	2025
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	15	2013
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	13	2022
Nitrate	MR	12	2018
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	12	2023
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	MR	11	2011
Combined Uranium	MR	11	2011
Radium-226	MR	11	2011
Radium-228	MR	11	2011
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)	MR	11	2011
BHC-GAMMA	MR	6	2011
Dalapon	MR	6	2011
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	6	2011
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	6	2011
Atrazine	MR	6	2011
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	6	2011
2,4-D	MR	6	2011
2,4,5-TP	MR	6	2011
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	6	2011
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	MR	6	2011
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	6	2011
Chlordane	MR	6	2011
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	6	2011
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	6	2011
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	6	2011
Vinyl chloride	MR	6	2011
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	6	2011
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	6	2011

Elm City, Town Of

Elm City, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for Elm City, Town Of

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served