Locus Drinking Water Violations Scan

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    "ok": true,
    "note": "Awareness/diagnostic only. Full briefs are x402-paid. Agents can discover live free tools at https://api.locus.report/tools/list and paid tools, prices, and manifests at https://api.locus.report/.well-known/ai-tool/index.json.",
    "place": {
      "county": "Wake County",
      "stateAbbr": "NC",
      "countyFips3": "183"
    },
    "point": {
      "latitude": 35.78041800000319,
      "longitude": -78.63910200000142
    },
    "query": {
      "pwsids": [
        "NC0392010"
      ]
    },
    "caveats": [
      "Point-in-polygon containment identifies a candidate utility or published provider boundary, not proof of an active account or connection. Confirm with the utility; a water bill names the actual provider."
    ],
    "provenance": {
      "source": "EPA SDWIS / ECHO Safe Drinking Water Act violation and enforcement records",
      "coverage": "United States public water systems where SDWIS publishes violation/enforcement rows",
      "serviceUrl": "https://data.epa.gov/efservice/SDW_VIOL_ENFORCEMENT",
      "sourcePage": "https://echo.epa.gov/tools/data-downloads/sdwa-download-summary"
    },
    "verifyNext": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/public-water-system-service-areas",
        "step": "Confirm the serving utility directly (a water bill names it); service-area boundary containment does not prove an active account or connection."
      }
    ],
    "violations": [
      {
        "pwsid": "NC0392010",
        "systemName": "RALEIGH, CITY OF",
        "officialUrl": "https://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=NC0392010",
        "violationId": "3285707",
        "violationCode": "24",
        "violationName": "Monitoring, Routine Minor (TCR)",
        "contaminantCode": "3100",
        "contaminantName": "Coliform (TCR)",
        "enforcementDate": "2010-09-01",
        "compliancePeriod": {
          "end": "2006-01-31",
          "begin": "2006-01-01"
        },
        "enforcementAction": "SOX",
        "violationCategory": "Monitoring and Reporting",
        "enforcementActionName": "St Compliance achieved"
      }
    ],
    "systemsBasis": "service_area_boundary",
    "systemsChecked": [
      {
        "pwsid": "NC0392010"
      }
    ],
    "systemsQueried": 1,
    "componentStatus": [
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        "status": "ok",
        "component": "sdwis_violation_enforcement"
      }
    ],
    "systemsRetrieved": 1,
    "serviceAreaMatched": true,
    "serviceAreaResolution": {
      "point": {
        "latitude": 35.78041800000319,
        "longitude": -78.63910200000142
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (EPA Office of Research and Development)",
        "layerUrl": "https://services.arcgis.com/cJ9YHowT8TU7DUyn/arcgis/rest/services/Water_System_Boundaries/FeatureServer/0",
        "fetchedAt": "2026-09-23T01:11:19.075Z",
        "sourcePage": "https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/public-water-system-service-areas"
      },
      "status": "matched",
      "caveats": [
        "Point-in-polygon containment identifies a candidate utility or published provider boundary, not proof of an active account or connection. Confirm with the utility; a water bill names the actual provider."
      ],
      "systems": [
        {
          "name": "RALEIGH, CITY OF",
          "pwsid": "NC0392010",
          "boundary": {
            "basis": "provider_supplied",
            "confidence": "high",
            "dataProvider": "NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis",
            "verification": "verified",
            "confidenceNote": "Provider-supplied boundary marked Verified in the EPA layer.",
            "dataProviderType": "State Agency",
            "verificationStatus": "Verified"
          },
          "primacyAgency": "NC",
          "serviceAreaType": "Municipality",
          "populationServed": 640000,
          "serviceConnections": 200114
        }
      ],
      "multipleMatches": false
    }
  }
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