Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS CA1900886
Hughes-Elizabeth Lake Unified School Dis
Operator location Lake Hughes, California - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 550 people served; 5 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 550
- People served (this PWS)
- 5
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 1
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Hughes-Elizabeth Lake Unified School Dis standing, low SDWIS violation third
550 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 20% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #27,406 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Hughes-Elizabeth Lake Unified School Dis is in the lower third by violation count (5; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is smaller (550; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 20% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #27,406 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,557 of 1,701
- Population · CA
- 5
- Total EPA violations on record
- 20%
- 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
- 2
- County
- Los Angeles
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 3
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 1 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 1 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Hughes-Elizabeth Lake Unified School Dis has 5 recorded EPA violations, 10% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 89% carry more. 20% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 5), and it ranks #27,406 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)
5 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 89% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Hughes-Elizabeth Lake Unified School Dis
EPA SDWIS lists 550 people served and 2 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
5 violations · 550 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Hughes-Elizabeth Lake Unified School Dis
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