State profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5
EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems Drinking Water Quality
113 SDWIS-listed systems serve 144,290 people. UCMR5 PFAS detection is 7.7% on the tested subset (lower-third UCMR5 detection (≤ 17.5%)); SDWIS violation rate is 94.7%.
- 113
- SDWIS water systems
- 19,546
- Total violations
- 94.7%
- SDWIS systems w/ a violation
- 7.7%
- UCMR5 PFAS rate (13 tested)
The verdict
UCMR5 PFAS detection is 7.7% (1 of 13 tested) - lower-third UCMR5 detection (≤ 17.5%). According to EPA SDWIS population served, EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems ranks #58 of 66 states and territories by people served through public water systems.
- #58 of 66
- Population · states corpus
- 19,546
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment)
- 94.7%
- SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation
SDWIS violation % and UCMR5 PFAS % use different denominators (full inventory vs tested subset). Population ordinal uses SDWIS population served.
EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems standing, mid SDWIS violation-rate third
EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems lands in the middle third by violation rate (94.7%) - enough flagged systems for peer comparisons without matching the densest ledgers. Population served is smaller (144,290; smaller served population (≤ 1,083,630)), so a high rate can still mean a compact household footprint. Health-based share is only 2% - almost all of this trail is monitoring/reporting rather than MCL exceedance. UCMR5 PFAS detection is 7.7% on the tested subset (lower-third UCMR5 detection (≤ 17.5%)) - 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 EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems's 19,546 recorded violations.
EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems 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.
- 05
EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems
94.7 % of systems
- MT
Montana
94.7 % of systems
- AR
Arkansas
94.5 % of systems
- WY
Wyoming
94.5 % of systems
- NJ
New Jersey
95 % of systems
What this shows EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems's rate is 94.7% (107 of 113 systems; middle-third rate (≤ 96.1%)). This is a comparison of recorded SDWIS violations, not a measure of current water safety.
EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems vs all jurisdictions by SDWIS system inventory
Where this state's public water system count sits among every state and territory on PlainWater
113 57th of 66 higher than 9 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 EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems
Context: PFAS in drinking water · methodology · all states
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