Community Water System · PWS AZ0403018
Ponderosa Utility Corp
Operator location Flagstaff, Arizona - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 134 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,585 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,585
- People served (this PWS)
- 134
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 23
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Ponderosa Utility Corp standing, high SDWIS violation third
134 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #15,456 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Ponderosa Utility Corp sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (134), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,585 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #15,456 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #219 of 413
- Population · AZ
- 134
- Total EPA violations on record
- 17%
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 691
- County
- Coconino
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 11
- Monitoring Violations
- 79
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 12
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 35 | 2013 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 12 | 2016 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 11 | 2015 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 10 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 7 | 2023 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 2006 |
| E. COLI | MR | 3 | 2011 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 2 | 2023 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1991 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1991 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| Benzene | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| Toluene | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| Endothall | MR | 1 | 2004 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 1991 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1991 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1991 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 1 | 2002 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1991 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Ponderosa Utility Corp has 134 recorded EPA violations, 79% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 21% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (23 of 134), and it ranks #15,456 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)
134 Higher than most more violations than 79% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Ponderosa Utility Corp
134 violations on record for AZ0403018; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Arizona DEQ, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
134 violations · 1,585 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Ponderosa Utility Corp
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