Community Water System · PWS 084690471
Wanblee Water System
Operator location Pine Ridge, EPA Region 8 — Tribal Water Systems - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 773 people served; 55 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 773
- People served (this PWS)
- 55
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Wanblee Water System standing, mid SDWIS violation third
773 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #23,030 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Wanblee Water System lands in the middle third by violation volume (55), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (773; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #23,030 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #43 of 55
- Population · 08
- 55
- 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
- 159
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 43
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2010 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2005 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 5 | 2025 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 1999 |
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 1994 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 2 | 1982 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 1 | 2019 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 1983 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1983 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 1 | 1976 |
| Asbestos | MR | 1 | 2020 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1983 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1983 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 1983 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1983 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1983 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Wanblee Water System has 55 recorded EPA violations, 59% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 40% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 55), and it ranks #23,030 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)
55 Around the middle fewer violations than 40% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Wanblee Water System
EPA SDWIS lists 773 people served and 159 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
55 violations · 773 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Wanblee 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
- Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems
EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.