Community Water System · PWS 083090024
Elmo Water System
Operator location Pablo, EPA Region 8 — Tribal Water Systems - 29% of 14 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 210 served per SDWIS.
- 210
- People served (this PWS)
- 14
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Elmo Water System standing, low SDWIS violation third
29% of 14 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 29% is upper-third health share (> 23%).
The verdict
Elmo Water System is in the lower third by violation count (14; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is smaller (210; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 29% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 14
- Total EPA violations on record
- 29%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 210
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- 90
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 10
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 2000 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 2023 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 1 | 1976 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1976 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Elmo Water System has 14 recorded EPA violations, 24% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 75% carry more. 29% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 14), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
14 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 75% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Elmo Water System
4 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for 083090024.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
14 violations · 210 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
What to do with Elmo Water System
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in EPA Region 8 — Tribal Water Systems compares on the same EPA violation measures. EPA Region 8 — Tribal Water Systems systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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