State profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5
Northern Mariana Islands Drinking Water Quality
60 SDWIS-listed systems serve 70,193 people. UCMR5 PFAS detection is 50% on the tested subset (upper-third UCMR5 detection (> 35.3%)); SDWIS violation rate is 98.3%.
- 60
- SDWIS water systems
- 4,377
- Total violations
- 98.3%
- SDWIS systems w/ a violation
- 50%
- UCMR5 PFAS rate (2 tested)
The verdict
UCMR5 PFAS detection is 50% (1 of 2 tested) - upper-third UCMR5 detection (> 35.3%). According to EPA SDWIS population served, Northern Mariana Islands ranks #61 of 66 states and territories by people served through public water systems.
- #61 of 66
- Population · states corpus
- 4,377
- Total EPA violations on record
- 4%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment)
- 98.3%
- SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation
SDWIS violation % and UCMR5 PFAS % use different denominators (full inventory vs tested subset). Population ordinal uses SDWIS population served.
Northern Mariana Islands standing, high SDWIS violation-rate third
Northern Mariana Islands sits in the upper third of jurisdictions by SDWIS violation rate (98.3%), so the system lists below sample one of the denser state-level compliance trails in this extract. Population served is smaller (70,193; smaller served population (≤ 1,083,630)), so a high rate can still mean a compact household footprint. Health-based share is only 4% - almost all of this trail is monitoring/reporting rather than MCL exceedance. UCMR5 PFAS detection is 50% 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 Northern Mariana Islands's 4,377 recorded violations.
Northern Mariana Islands 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.
- MP
Northern Mariana Islands
98.3 % of systems
- OK
Oklahoma
98.2 % of systems
- AZ
Arizona
98.4 % of systems
- 10
EPA Region 10 — Tribal Water Systems
98.1 % of systems
- OR
Oregon
98.5 % of systems
What this shows Northern Mariana Islands's rate is 98.3% (59 of 60 systems; upper-third rate (> 96.1%)). This is a comparison of recorded SDWIS violations, not a measure of current water safety.
Northern Mariana Islands vs all jurisdictions by SDWIS system inventory
Where this state's public water system count sits among every state and territory on PlainWater
60 60th of 66 higher than 6 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 Northern Mariana Islands
Context: PFAS in drinking water · methodology · all states
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