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Cottonwood Municipal Water Vv2

Operator location Cottonwood, Arizona - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 437 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,893 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

2,893
People served (this PWS)
437
EPA violations (this PWS)
73
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Cottonwood Municipal Water Vv2 standing, high SDWIS violation third

437 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 #10,917 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Cottonwood Municipal Water Vv2 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (437), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,893 (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.

#10,917 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#159 of 413
Population · AZ
437
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
Public/Private
Connections
1,258
County
Yavapai
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
73
Monitoring Violations
347
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Arsenic MCL 69 2010
Arsenic MR 53 2018
Chlorine MR 18 2015
Nitrate MR 13 2004
Coliform (TCR) MR 9 2014
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 9 2015
Thallium, Total MR 6 2016
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 1998
Xylenes, Total MR 4 1998
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 1998
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 1998
Carbon tetrachloride MR 4 1998
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 4 1998
Trichloroethylene MR 4 1998
CHLOROBENZENE MR 4 1998
Benzene MR 4 1998
Toluene MR 4 1998
Ethylbenzene MR 4 1998
Styrene MR 4 1998
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 4 1998
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 1998
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 4 1998
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 4 1998
BHC-GAMMA MR 4 1998
Diquat MR 4 1998
Glyphosate MR 4 1998
Simazine MR 4 1998
Picloram MR 4 1998
Dinoseb MR 4 1998
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 4 1998

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Cottonwood Municipal Water Vv2 has 437 recorded EPA violations, 94% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 6% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (73 of 437), and it ranks #10,917 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)

437 Higher than most more violations than 94% 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 Cottonwood Municipal Water Vv2

437 violations on record for AZ0413104; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Arizona DEQ, Drinking Water Program

Nationwide peers

437 violations · 2,893 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 Cottonwood Municipal Water Vv2

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
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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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