Community Water System · PWS 055294602
Redby/Red Lake
Operator location Red Lake, EPA Region 5 — Tribal Water Systems - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 233 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,099 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,099
- People served (this PWS)
- 233
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 8
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Redby/Red Lake standing, high SDWIS violation third
233 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 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #13,210 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Redby/Red Lake sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (233), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,099 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #13,210 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #20 of 46
- Population · 05
- 233
- Total EPA violations on record
- 3%
- 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
- 442
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 206
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 8
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 20 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 17 | 2013 |
| Nitrate | MR | 11 | 2023 |
| Arsenic | MR | 10 | 2020 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 8 | 2025 |
| Barium | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Chromium | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Mercury | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Nickel | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Asbestos | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Selenium | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Fluoride | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Cadmium | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2025 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 2008 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 3 | 2014 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 3 | 2014 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2014 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2014 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2014 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 3 | 2014 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 3 | 2014 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2014 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2014 |
| Benzene | MR | 3 | 2014 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Redby/Red Lake has 233 recorded EPA violations, 87% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 13% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 233), and it ranks #13,210 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)
233 Higher than most more violations than 87% 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 Redby/Red Lake
233 violations on record for 055294602; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
233 violations · 2,099 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 Redby/Red Lake
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
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