State profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5
American Samoa Drinking Water Quality
91 SDWIS-listed systems serve 50,626 people. UCMR5 PFAS detection is 100% on the tested subset (upper-third UCMR5 detection (> 35.3%)); SDWIS violation rate is 22%.
- 91
- SDWIS water systems
- 1,883
- Total violations
- 22%
- SDWIS systems w/ a violation
- 100%
- UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested)
The verdict
UCMR5 PFAS detection is 100% (1 of 1 tested) - upper-third UCMR5 detection (> 35.3%). According to EPA SDWIS population served, American Samoa ranks #64 of 66 states and territories by people served through public water systems.
- #64 of 66
- Population · states corpus
- 1,883
- Total EPA violations on record
- 13%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment)
- 22.0%
- SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation
SDWIS violation % and UCMR5 PFAS % use different denominators (full inventory vs tested subset). Population ordinal uses SDWIS population served.
American Samoa standing, low SDWIS violation-rate third
American Samoa is in the lower third of jurisdictions by violation rate (22%; lower-third rate (≤ 92.5%)). That is a relative placement among peers, not a claim that most systems are clean - 20 of 91 still carry ≥1 record. Population served is smaller (50,626; smaller served population (≤ 1,083,630)), so a high rate can still mean a compact household footprint. Health-based share is 13% - a material slice is exposure-relevant, with the rest monitoring or reporting. UCMR5 PFAS detection is 100% on the tested subset (upper-third UCMR5 detection (> 35.3%)) - a different denominator from the SDWIS violation rate. Systems listed below are ranked by population served or violation count; pair rate with inventory size before reading exposure scale.
Nationwide similar states
Nearest by SDWIS violation rate
Health-based share of this violation record
EPA SDWIS classifications for American Samoa's 1,883 recorded violations.
American Samoa vs nearest violation-rate peers
Share of SDWIS-listed systems with at least one recorded violation; peers are nearest by absolute rate distance, not a fixed top-seven list.
- AS 22
American Samoa
22 % of systems
- MN
Minnesota
51.6 % of systems
- 07
EPA Region 7 — Tribal Water Systems
57.9 % of systems
- SC
South Carolina
65.3 % of systems
- WI
Wisconsin
72.1 % of systems
What this shows American Samoa's rate is 22% (20 of 91 systems; lower-third rate (≤ 92.5%)). This is a comparison of recorded SDWIS violations, not a measure of current water safety.
American Samoa vs all jurisdictions by SDWIS system inventory
Where this state's public water system count sits among every state and territory on PlainWater
91 58th of 66 higher than 8 of 66 jurisdictions
States and territories, banded by SDWIS-listed public water system count
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Source EPA SDWIS state aggregates · 2026-05-15
Largest Water Systems
Most Violations
Counties in American Samoa
Context: PFAS in drinking water · methodology · all states
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