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Community Water System · PWS AZ0403032

Forest Lakes Water Improvement District

Operator location Forest Lakes, Arizona - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 111 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,746 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

1,746
People served (this PWS)
111
EPA violations (this PWS)
7
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Forest Lakes Water Improvement District standing, high SDWIS violation third

111 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 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #14,715 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Forest Lakes Water Improvement District sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (111), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,746 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#14,715 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#207 of 413
Population · AZ
111
Total EPA violations on record
6%
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
906
County
Coconino
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
4
Monitoring Violations
83
Treatment Tech Violations
3

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 9 2014
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 8 2016
Nitrate MR 4 2017
Coliform (TCR) MCL 4 2013
Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 4 2018
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 3 2017
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 3 2021
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 2021
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 3 2021
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 3 2021
Trichloroethylene MR 3 2021
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 3 2021
CHLOROBENZENE MR 3 2021
Benzene MR 3 2021
Toluene MR 3 2021
Ethylbenzene MR 3 2021
Public Notice Other 3 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS TT 3 2024
Arsenic MR 3 2024
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 3 2021
Tetrachloroethylene MR 3 2021
Xylenes, Total MR 3 2021
Styrene MR 3 2021
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 3 2021
Carbon tetrachloride MR 3 2021
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 2021
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 3 2024
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 3 2021
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 3 2021
Vinyl chloride MR 3 2021

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Forest Lakes Water Improvement District has 111 recorded EPA violations, 75% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 25% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 111), and it ranks #14,715 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)

111 Around the middle fewer violations than 25% 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 Forest Lakes Water Improvement District

111 violations on record for AZ0403032; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Arizona DEQ, Drinking Water Program

Nationwide peers

111 violations · 1,746 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 near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Forest Lakes Water Improvement District

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Arizona compares on the same EPA violation measures. Arizona systems
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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.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater