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Community Water System · PWS 090605024

Sycuan

Operator location El Cajon, EPA Region 9 — Tribal Water Systems - 24% of 103 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 12,350 served per SDWIS.

12,350
People served (this PWS)
103
EPA violations (this PWS)
25
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Sycuan standing, high SDWIS violation third

24% of 103 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 24% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #4,035 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Sycuan sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (103), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (12,350; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 24% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#4,035 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#10 of 129
Population · 09
103
Total EPA violations on record
24%
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
70
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
25
Monitoring Violations
22
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MCL 22 2013
Coliform (TCR) MR 18 2013
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 3 2005
Combined Uranium MCL 2 2011
E. COLI MR 2 2019
Nitrate MCL 1 2000
Nitrate MR 1 2015
Radium-226 MR 1 2000

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Sycuan has 103 recorded EPA violations, 74% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 26% carry more. 24% of this system's own violations are health-based (25 of 103), and it ranks #4,035 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)

103 Around the middle fewer violations than 26% 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 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
4:2 FTS 9/25/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 9/25/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 9/25/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/25/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 9/25/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 9/25/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/25/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 9/25/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/25/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 9/25/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 9/25/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 9/25/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/25/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/25/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 9/25/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/25/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/25/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/25/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 9/25/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 9/25/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/25/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 9/25/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 9/25/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 9/25/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 9/25/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/25/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/25/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/25/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/25/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 7/10/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 7/10/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 7/10/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/10/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 7/10/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 7/10/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 7/10/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 7/10/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 7/10/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 7/10/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 7/10/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 7/10/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 7/10/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 7/10/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 7/10/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 7/10/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 7/10/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 7/10/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 7/10/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 7/10/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 7/10/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Sycuan

25 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for 090605024.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

103 violations · 12,350 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 Sycuan

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