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Bladen Co WTR Dist - East Bladen water quality report, rewritten

Serves
4,310
Connections
1,724
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
White Lake, NC
County
Bladen
Owner
Local government
The 5 ZIP codes it serves

28312, 28337, 28399, 28441, 28444

PWSID NC0309060 · EPA data

Read this first

  • HFPO-DA (GenX) (above the health goal) was found in one of 8 samples, highest 13.6 ppt. Above the 10 ppt legal limit in at least one sample. Compliance is judged on a running annual average, not one sample.

No health-based violations on file since 2016. EPA lists 3 monitoring or reporting violations, which are paperwork and testing lapses rather than water quality findings.

What was found

Highlighted: above the health goal, or EPA’s health benchmark where there is no goal. Circled: above the legal limit in at least one sample, or the action level. Every scale puts that line at its middle.

PFAS and lithium: EPA UCMR 5, samples taken from March 15, 2023 to Oct. 24, 2023. Each blue tick on a scale is one sample where it was found.

13.6 (above the legal limit in at least one sample)ppt

Highest of 8 samples; found in one

Above the 10 ppt legal limit in at least one sample. Compliance is judged on a running annual average, not one sample.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Lithium

Comes from the source

9.3ppb

Highest of 8 samples; found in two

Below EPA’s health reference level of 10 ppb. Lithium has no legal limit or health goal of its own.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Tested and not found

Below EPA’s minimum reporting level in every sample taken from March 15, 2023 to Oct. 24, 2023. Not found means not measured above that level, which is not the same as zero.

All 29 compounds tested and not found
  • 11Cl-PF3OUdS
  • 4:2 FTS
  • 6:2 FTS
  • 8:2 FTS
  • 9Cl-PF3ONS
  • ADONA
  • Lead
  • NEtFOSAA
  • NFDHA
  • NMeFOSAA
  • PFBA
  • PFBS
  • PFDA
  • PFDoA
  • PFEESA
  • PFHpA
  • PFHpS
  • PFHxA
  • PFHxS
  • PFMBA
  • PFMPA
  • PFNA
  • PFOA
  • PFOS
  • PFPeA
  • PFPeS
  • PFTA
  • PFTrDA
  • PFUnA

Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 3 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report cannot tell you

  • Levels of everything else. Federal bulk data carries results for PFAS, lithium, lead and copper, and violations for the rest. Nitrate, arsenic, disinfection byproducts and other levels are in Bladen Co WTR Dist - East Bladen’s own annual report, which it must send you every year.
  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.
  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q2; UCMR 5 samples are from March 15, 2023 to Oct. 24, 2023.

Other North Carolina utilities

All North Carolina utilities

Sources

What to do next

  • Read up on HFPO-DA (GenX)

    What each one does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.

    About HFPO-DA (GenX)

  • Get the utility’s own report

    Bladen Co WTR Dist - East Bladen must send you a water quality report every year. It lists nitrate, arsenic and byproduct levels this page cannot.

    How to read it

  • Test your own tap for lead

    Your service line, solder and fixtures decide the lead at your faucet, not the utility’s average.

    Lead in your water: what to do

  • Decide if you want a filter at all

    A filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.

    NSF/ANSI standards, decoded