Question 1

Is Saguaro Water Company water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Saguaro Water Company (PWS ID: AZ0410177) has 156 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 3,243 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Saguaro Water Company serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Saguaro Water Company serves 3,243 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Tucson or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 1,329 service connections. The operator address is listed in Tucson, Arizona.

Question 3

What type of violations does Saguaro Water Company have?

Accepted Answer

Saguaro Water Company has 156 total violations: 6 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 136 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Saguaro Water Company water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Saguaro Water Company under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Saguaro Water Company use?

Accepted Answer

Saguaro Water Company 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

Where does Saguaro Water Company sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Saguaro Water Company ranks #10,063 of 29,740 by people served, and #147 of 413 in Arizona. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Saguaro Water Company's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Saguaro Water Company has 156 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 18% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 82% of that cohort has fewer violations than Saguaro Water Company. 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
Chlorine	MR	14	2019
Coliform (TCR)	MR	13	2015
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	MR	12	2015
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	6	2011
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	6	2023
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	5	2018
TTHM	MR	4	2007
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	4	2007
2,4-D	MR	2	2002
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	2	2002
Picloram	MR	2	2002
Methoxychlor	MR	2	2002
Endothall	MR	2	2002
Dalapon	MR	2	2002
Carbofuran	MR	2	2002
Chlordane	MR	2	2002
2,3,7,8-TCDD	MR	2	2002
Glyphosate	MR	2	2002
Pentachlorophenol	MR	2	2002
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	MR	2	2002
Diquat	MR	2	2002
Dinoseb	MR	2	2002
Toxaphene	MR	2	2002
OXAMYL	MR	2	2002
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	2	2002
2,4,5-TP	MR	2	2002
Public Notice	Other	2	2020
Endrin	MR	2	2002
BHC-GAMMA	MR	2	2002
Heptachlor	MR	2	2002

Saguaro Water Company

Saguaro Water Company standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for Saguaro Water Company

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served