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Trichloroethylene in Drinking Water

6.5 violations per affected system (96,239 across 14,829) - dense load (> 5.8 violations per affected system).

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EPA contaminant code: 2984

Total Violations
96,239
Systems Affected
14,829
Health-Based %
1.3%
Violations / System
6.5

Trichloroethylene standing, high-volume SDWIS third

Trichloroethylene sits in the upper third of this extract by raw violation count (96,239), so the national record is thick enough that system-level lists below are a sample of a much larger compliance trail rather than a near-complete inventory. Load is concentrated: 6.5 violations per affected system (dense load (> 5.8 violations per affected system)), which usually means repeat findings on the same PWSIDs rather than one-off detections spread thin. Health-based share is only 1.3% - almost all of this analyte's trail is monitoring/reporting rather than MCL exceedance. Among 157 indexable contaminants, this page is #20 by violation volume. Utilities listed below are ranked by cumulative violation count for this analyte; pair that with population served to gauge household exposure scale.

Nationwide similar contaminants

Nearest by violation volume

Benzene (96,774) Carbon tetrachloride (95,413) 1,1-Dichloroethylene (95,371) 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (94,855)

Nearest by systems affected

Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U (14,784 systems) p-Dichlorobenzene (14,729 systems) 1,2-Dichloroethane (14,710 systems) Tetrachloroethylene (14,507 systems)

Trichloroethylene: mixed health vs monitoring split

1.3% health-based · 98.7% monitoring/reporting across 96,239 records.

Health-based (1.3%) Monitoring/Reporting (98.7%)

Most Affected Water Systems

System State Violations Population
Lake Forest Park Water District WA 475 3,171
Timber Creek MHP East & West OK 362 40
Seven Estates TX 264 189
Satsop Business Park WA 232 544
Eastside MHP OK 224 32
Pinnacle Water Association WV 203 85
Carmel Montessori Academy IL 181 40
Congregation Ohr Menachem PA 151 30
Kelley Crest WA 147 45
Cobbs Lake Preserve PA 146 200
Coal Mountain Water WV 146 80
Skyview Estates IL 136 56
Windmill Estates IL 124 65
Franklin Water Systems 3 TX 113 201
Tel Company 3 WA 107 75
Marble Water System WA 102 94
Tempo Lake Water Co WA 102 246
Imagination Station Academy, LLC NC 101 35
Walnut Cove, Town Of NC 97 2,210
Nottingham Manor M H Court PA 95 473
Dabob Cove Community WA 94 24
Willow Springs MHP IN 90 25
Robinwood Village PA 90 70
PA American Audubon PA 89 8,200
Roche Harbor Water System Inc WA 87 1,985
27 Maple Drive CT 85 38
Kuzmanich Water System WA 85 45
Sapphire Lakes Development NC 84 724
Quaker Creek Store NY 84 100
Lewis River Golf Course WA 84 300

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

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