Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS AZ0413116
Mingus Union High School
Operator location Cottonwood, Arizona - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 452 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,200 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,200
- People served (this PWS)
- 452
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 29
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Mingus Union High School standing, high SDWIS violation third
452 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 #17,789 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Mingus Union High School sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (452), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,200 (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.
- #17,789 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #250 of 413
- Population · AZ
- 452
- 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
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 7
- County
- Yavapai
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 22
- Monitoring Violations
- 411
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 7
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| Toluene | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| Styrene | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| Benzene | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 16 | 2014 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 12 | 2009 |
| Arsenic | MR | 12 | 2009 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 11 | 2012 |
| Arsenic | MCL | 10 | 2009 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 7 | 2024 |
| Chromium | MR | 4 | 2015 |
| Mercury | MR | 4 | 2015 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2024 |
| Barium | MR | 4 | 2015 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Mingus Union High School has 452 recorded EPA violations, 95% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 5% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (29 of 452), and it ranks #17,789 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)
452 Higher than most more violations than 95% 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 Mingus Union High School
452 violations on record for AZ0413116; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Arizona DEQ, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
452 violations · 1,200 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 Mingus Union High School
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