North Carolina · water system · PWSID NC0368020
Two things here need attention.
One thing could not be determined from the record.
What EPA and state records show about this community water system — compliance, PFAS testing, lead sampling, and where its water comes from. Serving about 9,223 people in Orange County.
A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment step wasn't met.
Official record for your water system · U.S. EPA — Safe Drinking Water Act compliance records · retrieved 2026-08-16 · source
This is not a violation today. EPA's PFAS limits take effect in 2029 (an extension to 2031 has been proposed).
Measured in your water system · U.S. EPA — UCMR5 nationwide PFAS monitoring · retrieved 2026-08-15 · source
Lead: latest 90th-percentile result 0 ppb — below the 10 ppb action level (sampled 2025-12-31, 4 results in the 10-year window).
The 90th-percentile result means 9 out of 10 sampled homes were at or below this level. It measures the water system's corrosion control — it cannot tell you whether your own home's plumbing adds lead. Results older than 10 years, future-dated compliance periods, and physically implausible values are excluded.
29 PFAS compounds tested under EPA's UCMR5 program; 5 detected.
UCMR5 sampling (2023–2026) at entry points to the distribution system. 'Not detected' means below the reporting limit (~4 ppt for PFOA/PFOS), not zero. A result above a future MCL is not a violation today — compliance deadlines are 2029 (2031 extension proposed). These results describe treated water leaving the plant — not the river or lake this system draws from.
Surface water.
Buys water from Town of Haw River, whose recent record shows no unresolved health-based violations.
Also holds emergency-only connections (City of Graham, City of Mebane, Town of Hillsborough, Town of Swepsonville) — backup interconnections, not routine supply.
EPA compliance records list 3 health-based violations since 2021, 3 without a recorded resolution. Administrative (paperwork) records are counted separately and never added in.
Yes — 29 PFAS compounds under EPA's UCMR5 program, with 5 detected. PFOA measured up to 9.4 ppt, above the 4 ppt limit that takes effect in 2029; PFOS measured up to 11.8 ppt, above the 4 ppt limit that takes effect in 2029. Samples are taken at entry points to the distribution system — treated water, not source water.
EPA records list about 9,223 people served in Orange. Service-area boundaries have known errors — a water bill is the ground truth for any single address.
| Dataset | Agency version | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|
| EPA/state ATTAINS waterway assessments | ATTAINS_Assessment ArcGIS snapshot (gispub.epa.gov) | 2026-08-15 |
| ATTAINS waterway geometry | ATTAINS_Assessment ArcGIS lines + areas (gispub.epa.gov) | 2026-08-16 |
| Census TIGER county boundaries | Census TIGERweb Counties (current vintage) | 2026-08-16 |
| NC DEQ PFAS monitoring | NC DEQ DWR EQuIS export, samples through 2025-07-29 | 2026-08-17 |
| Census TIGER place boundaries | Census TIGERweb Places (Incorporated + CDP, current vintage) | 2026-08-16 |
| EPA water system service areas | EPA PWS Service Areas v3 (hosted layer, item 80c6912ef14f46e480f5afd807767b4b) | 2026-08-15 |
| EPA Safe Drinking Water Act compliance records | ECHO SDWA quarterly bulk download | 2026-08-16 |
| EPA standards & benchmarks | 2026-08 curation | 2026-08-15 |
| EPA UCMR5 PFAS monitoring | UCMR5 occurrence data (collections through 2025-12-10) | 2026-08-15 |
| USGS watershed boundaries | USGS WBD via National Map MapServer | 2026-08-15 |
Records lag their agencies' refresh cycles — a recent change may not appear yet. Absence from a dataset is absence of a record, never evidence that water is clean.
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