Community Water System · PWS AZ0415010
Epcor - Lakeside
Operator location El Mirage, Arizona - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 373 EPA violations; surface water source; 1,775 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,775
- People served (this PWS)
- 373
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 28
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Epcor - Lakeside standing, high SDWIS violation third
373 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 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #14,586 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Epcor - Lakeside sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (373), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,775 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #14,586 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #204 of 413
- Population · AZ
- 373
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- 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
- 807
- County
- La Paz
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 272
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 26
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 29 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 28 | 2015 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 21 | 2015 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 17 | 2015 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 16 | 2020 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 16 | 2019 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 15 | 2020 |
| TTHM | MR | 14 | 2020 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| E. COLI | MR | 10 | 2018 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 10 | 2020 |
| Nitrate | MR | 10 | 2004 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 9 | 2001 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 9 | 2001 |
| Public Notice | Other | 8 | 2021 |
| Selenium | MR | 5 | 1998 |
| Arsenic | MR | 5 | 1998 |
| Barium | MR | 5 | 1998 |
| Chromium | MR | 5 | 1998 |
| Mercury | MR | 5 | 1998 |
| Fluoride | MR | 5 | 1998 |
| Cadmium | MR | 5 | 1998 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2021 |
| Endothall | MR | 3 | 2001 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 2011 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| Endrin | MR | 2 | 1998 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Epcor - Lakeside has 373 recorded EPA violations, 93% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 7% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (28 of 373), and it ranks #14,586 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)
373 Higher than most more violations than 93% 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 Epcor - Lakeside
373 violations on record for AZ0415010; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Arizona DEQ, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
373 violations · 1,775 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 Epcor - Lakeside
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