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Community Water System · PWS NC4066002

Northampton--W Jackson

Operator location Jackson, North Carolina - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 33 people served; 33 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

33
People served (this PWS)
33
EPA violations (this PWS)
2
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Northampton--W Jackson standing, mid SDWIS violation third

33 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

Northampton--W Jackson lands in the middle third by violation volume (33), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (33; 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.

33
Total EPA violations on record
6%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
33
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
13
County
Northampton
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
13
Treatment Tech Violations
2

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 7 2023
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 5 2014
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 5 2021
TTHM MR 5 2014
Public Notice Other 4 2024
Lead and Copper Rule MR 3 2021
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS TT 2 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 2 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Northampton--W Jackson has 33 recorded EPA violations, 45% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 54% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 33), 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)

33 Lower than most fewer violations than 54% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for Northampton--W Jackson

EPA SDWIS lists 33 people served and 13 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

33 violations · 33 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Northampton--W Jackson

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater