Community Water System · PWS NC1044004
Smoky Mtn Retreat-Eagle`s Nest
Operator location Maggie Valley, North Carolina - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 422 people served; 35 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 422
- People served (this PWS)
- 35
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Smoky Mtn Retreat-Eagle`s Nest standing, mid SDWIS violation third
422 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Smoky Mtn Retreat-Eagle`s Nest lands in the middle third by violation volume (35), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (422; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 35
- Total EPA violations on record
- 6%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 422
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- 166
- County
- Haywood
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 18
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 10 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 7 | 2015 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2004 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 5 | 2013 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 2004 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 2 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Smoky Mtn Retreat-Eagle`s Nest has 35 recorded EPA violations, 46% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 53% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 35), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
35 Lower than most fewer violations than 53% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Smoky Mtn Retreat-Eagle`s Nest
EPA SDWIS lists 422 people served and 166 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
35 violations · 422 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.
What to do with Smoky Mtn Retreat-Eagle`s Nest
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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