Community Water System · PWS 090600141
Middletown Rancheria Community Water System
Operator location Middletown, EPA Region 9 — Tribal Water Systems - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 487 people served; 5 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 487
- People served (this PWS)
- 5
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 1
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Middletown Rancheria Community Water System standing, low SDWIS violation third
487 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 20% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Middletown Rancheria Community Water System is in the lower third by violation count (5; 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 (487; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 20% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 5
- Total EPA violations on record
- 20%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 487
- 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
- 48
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 2
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2025 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 1 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 1 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 1 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Middletown Rancheria Community Water System has 5 recorded EPA violations, 10% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 89% carry more. 20% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 5), 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)
5 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 89% 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 Middletown Rancheria Community Water System
EPA SDWIS lists 487 people served and 48 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
5 violations · 487 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 Middletown Rancheria Community 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 9 — Tribal Water Systems compares on the same EPA violation measures. EPA Region 9 — Tribal Water Systems systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.