Community Water System · PWS 055294402
Vermilion
Operator location Nett Lake, EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 251 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,486 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,486
- People served (this PWS)
- 251
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 13
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Vermilion standing, high SDWIS violation third
251 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,016 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Vermilion sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (251), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,486 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,016 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #17 of 46
- Population · 05
- 251
- Total EPA violations on record
- 5%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Native American
- Connections
- 220
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 13
- Monitoring Violations
- 222
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 25 | 2013 |
| Arsenic | MCL | 12 | 2024 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 11 | 1993 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 7 | 2013 |
| Nitrate | MR | 7 | 2019 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Dalapon | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Endothall | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Picloram | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Aldicarb | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Chlordane | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| LASSO | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Endrin | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Atrazine | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 4 | 2017 |
| Diquat | MR | 4 | 2017 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Vermilion has 251 recorded EPA violations, 88% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 12% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (13 of 251), and it ranks #12,016 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
251 Higher than most more violations than 88% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Vermilion
251 violations on record for 055294402; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
251 violations · 2,486 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Vermilion
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems compares on the same EPA violation measures. EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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