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Community Water System · PWS 090400106

Polacca

Operator location Polacca, EPA Region 9 — Tribal Water Systems - 27% of 473 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 4,108 served per SDWIS.

4,108
People served (this PWS)
473
EPA violations (this PWS)
126
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Polacca standing, high SDWIS violation third

27% of 473 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 27% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #8,707 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Polacca sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (473), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (4,108; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 27% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#8,707 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#34 of 129
Population · 09
473
Total EPA violations on record
27%
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
450
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
124
Monitoring Violations
283
Treatment Tech Violations
2

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Arsenic MCL 117 2023
Arsenic MR 29 2022
Coliform (TCR) MR 26 2015
Public Notice Other 15 2022
Nitrate MR 12 2022
Chlorine MR 8 2023
Coliform (TCR) MCL 7 2009
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 6 2015
TTHM MR 6 2015
E. COLI MR 6 2023
Glyphosate MR 4 2020
Picloram MR 4 2020
2,4-D MR 4 2020
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 4 2020
Barium MR 3 2011
Cadmium MR 3 2011
Chromium MR 3 2011
CYANIDE MR 3 2011
Fluoride MR 3 2011
Mercury MR 3 2011
Selenium MR 3 2011
Antimony, Total MR 3 2011
Beryllium, Total MR 3 2011
Endrin MR 3 2011
Methoxychlor MR 3 2011
BHC-GAMMA MR 3 2011
Toxaphene MR 3 2011
Dalapon MR 3 2011
Endothall MR 3 2011
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 3 2011

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Polacca has 473 recorded EPA violations, 95% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 5% carry more. 27% of this system's own violations are health-based (126 of 473), and it ranks #8,707 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)

473 Higher than most more violations than 95% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 58 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFHxS 4/30/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 4/30/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 4/30/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 4/30/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 4/30/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 4/30/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 4/30/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 4/30/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 4/30/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 4/30/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 4/30/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 4/30/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 4/30/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 4/30/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 4/30/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 4/30/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 4/30/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 4/30/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 4/30/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 4/30/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 4/30/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 4/30/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 4/30/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 4/30/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 4/30/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 4/30/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 4/30/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 4/30/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 4/30/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 4/15/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 4/15/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 4/15/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 4/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 4/15/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 4/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 4/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 4/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 4/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 4/15/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 4/15/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 4/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 4/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 4/15/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 4/15/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 4/15/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 4/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 4/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 4/15/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 4/15/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 4/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Polacca

126 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for 090400106.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

473 violations · 4,108 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Polacca

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater