Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS CT1219013
Salem Elementary School
Operator location Salem, Connecticut - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 675 people served; 93 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 675
- People served (this PWS)
- 93
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Salem Elementary School standing, high SDWIS violation third
675 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #24,787 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Salem Elementary School sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (93), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (675; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #24,787 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #140 of 184
- Population · CT
- 93
- 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
- 1
- County
- New London
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 73
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 6
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 19 | 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 8 | 2022 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 6 | 2005 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| Nitrite | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Nickel | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 2 | 2008 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Salem Elementary School has 93 recorded EPA violations, 72% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 28% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 93), and it ranks #24,787 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)
93 Around the middle fewer violations than 28% 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 Salem Elementary School
EPA SDWIS lists 675 people served and 1 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
93 violations · 675 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Salem Elementary School
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Connecticut compares on the same EPA violation measures. Connecticut 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.