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Community Water System · PWS 090605119

Bear River - Tish Non Village

Operator location Loleta, EPA Region 9 — Tribal Water Systems - 0% of 35 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 650 served per SDWIS.

650
People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
35
EPA violations (this PWS) Middle third of systems
0
Health-based (this PWS) Lower third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Bear River - Tish Non Village standing, mid SDWIS violation third

0% of 35 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Population rank #25,182 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Bear River - Tish Non Village lands in the middle third by violation volume (35), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (650; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#25,182 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#110 of 129
Population · 09
35
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

B
Water Safety Score
71/100
Bear River - Tish Non Village

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations A+
0
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
35
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Native American
Connections
56
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
35
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Chlorine MR 5 2025
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 2 2021
TTHM MR 2 2021
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 1 2013
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2013
Xylenes, Total MR 1 2013
Vinyl chloride MR 1 2013
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2013
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2013
Carbon tetrachloride MR 1 2013
Trichloroethylene MR 1 2013
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 1 2013
Tetrachloroethylene MR 1 2013
Benzene MR 1 2013
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 1 2013
Gross Beta Particle Activity MR 1 2013
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 1 2013
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 1 2013
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 2013
Toluene MR 1 2013
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 1 2013
Styrene MR 1 2013
Combined Uranium MR 1 2013
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 2013
CHLOROBENZENE MR 1 2013
Ethylbenzene MR 1 2013
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 1 2013
Nitrate MR 1 2013
Combined Radium (-226 and -228) MR 1 2013

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Bear River - Tish Non Village has 35 recorded EPA violations, 46% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 53% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 35), and it ranks #25,182 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)

35 Lower than most fewer violations than 53% 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

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

Bear River - Tish Non Village plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

Violation volume vs. health-based share

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Bear River - Tish Non Village-35, 0%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Health-based violations on Bear River - Tish Non Village

0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for 090605119.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

35 violations · 650 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Bear River - Tish Non Village

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

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.