Question 1

Is Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower (PWS ID: 093200165) has 335 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 456 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower serves 456 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of McDermitt or any other city). It is a Native American-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 103 service connections. The operator address is listed in McDermitt, EPA Region 9 — Tribal Water Systems.

Question 3

What type of violations does Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower have?

Accepted Answer

Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower has 335 total violations: 12 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 239 monitoring/reporting violations, and 4 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower use?

Accepted Answer

Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

How does Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower has 335 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 8% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 92% of that cohort has fewer violations than Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Coliform (TCR)	MR	96	2012
Nitrate	MR	15	2018
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	8	2015
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	6	2020
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	4	2020
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	MR	3	2011
Public Notice	Other	3	2019
Groundwater Rule	TT	3	2020
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS	RPT	3	2024
Arsenic	MR	2	2011
Barium	MR	2	2014
CYANIDE	MR	2	2014
Asbestos	MR	2	2001
Endrin	MR	2	2001
BHC-GAMMA	MR	2	2001
Toxaphene	MR	2	2001
Dalapon	MR	2	2001
Diquat	MR	2	2001
Endothall	MR	2	2001
Glyphosate	MR	2	2001
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	2	2001
OXAMYL	MR	2	2001
Simazine	MR	2	2001
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	MR	2	2001
Picloram	MR	2	2001
Dinoseb	MR	2	2001
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	2	2001
Atrazine	MR	2	2001
LASSO	MR	2	2001
2,3,7,8-TCDD	MR	2	2001

Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower

Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for Ft. McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone - Lower

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load