PONEMAH

Water Quality Snapshot: PONEMAH

PONEMAH is a native american-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 371 residents in RED LAKE, 05 through 106 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 251 total violations for this system , of which 9 (4%) are health-based — meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 231 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2025.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Revised Total Coliform Rule, recorded in 21 violations (MON). This system has not yet been sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, so no PFAS detection data is available here.

Across 05, EPA tracks 113 public water systems serving 144,290 people, with 19,546 cumulative violations and 443 health-based violations on record. About 95% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 173 violations. PONEMAH's 251 violations sit above the 05 average. Statewide, 5 of 13 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (38.5%). All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.