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Community Water System · PWS CA0910001

El Dorado ID - Main

Operator location Placerville, California - 50% of 26 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 132,171 served per SDWIS.

132,171
People served (this PWS)
26
EPA violations (this PWS)
13
Health-based (this PWS)
1 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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El Dorado ID - Main standing, mid SDWIS violation third

50% of 26 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 50% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #340 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

El Dorado ID - Main lands in the middle third by violation volume (26), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (132,171; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 50% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).

#340 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#62 of 1,701
Population · CA
26
Total EPA violations on record
50%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
43,404
County
El Dorado
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
2
Treatment Tech Violations
13

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 9 1998
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 4 2003
Coliform (TCR) MR 2 2012

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

El Dorado ID - Main has 26 recorded EPA violations, 38% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 61% carry more. 50% of this system's own violations are health-based (13 of 26), and it ranks #340 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)

26 Lower than most fewer violations than 61% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 1 of 348 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFHpS 9/5/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 9/5/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 9/5/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 9/5/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 9/5/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 9/5/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 9/5/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/5/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/5/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/5/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/5/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/5/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 9/5/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 9/5/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/5/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 9/5/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/5/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 9/5/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 9/5/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/5/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 9/5/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/5/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 9/5/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 9/5/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 9/5/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/5/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/5/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/5/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/5/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/1/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/1/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/1/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/1/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/1/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/1/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/1/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/1/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/1/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/1/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/1/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/1/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/1/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/1/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/1/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/1/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/1/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/1/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/1/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/1/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/1/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on El Dorado ID - Main

13 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for CA0910001.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water

Nationwide peers

26 violations · 132,171 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems near this violation count

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

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

4 peers

What to do with El Dorado ID - Main

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

  • See how every tracked system in California compares on the same EPA violation measures. California systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
  • Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems

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