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Pentachlorophenol violations in North Carolina

8 active public water systems in North Carolina had a Pentachlorophenol violation in the past three years, 1 of them in the latest quarter of EPA's data. What Pentachlorophenol is and why it matters.

Health effects: Chronic exposure to pentachlorophenol is associated with liver and kidney damage and immune system effects. EPA classifies it as a probable human carcinogen (Group B2). Acute high-level exposure can cause fever, profuse sweating, and cardiovascular collapse. Workers and communities near wood treatment facilities face the greatest exposure risk.

Systems with a Pentachlorophenol violation

Latest quarter first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Glenlaurel Preserve Rosman
Rosman · Transylvania County 		35 4 1
Northampton--Milwaukee
Jackson · Northampton County 		5,715 9 1
Columbus Town of
Columbus · Polk County 		2,489 10 3
Old Stage Place
Garner · Wake County 		364 5 0
Emmaus Baptist Church
Pittsboro · Chatham County 		190 6 3
Honeycutt Reserve
Oak Ridge · Guilford County 		132 6 0
Wedgewood Square S/d
Cary · Wake County 		96 2 0
Norwood S/d
Raleigh · Wake County 		25 6 2
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Pentachlorophenol, including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Pentachlorophenol alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The North Carolina records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.