Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS HI0000370
Palehua Solar Observatory
Operator location Honolulu, Hawaii - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 50 people served; 24 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 50
- People served (this PWS)
- 24
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 5
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Palehua Solar Observatory standing, mid SDWIS violation third
50 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 21% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Palehua Solar Observatory lands in the middle third by violation volume (24), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (50; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 21% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 24
- Total EPA violations on record
- 21%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 50
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- Federal
- Connections
- 10
- County
- Honolulu
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 16
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 9 | 2009 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 7 | 2008 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 2007 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Palehua Solar Observatory has 24 recorded EPA violations, 36% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 63% carry more. 21% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 24), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
24 Lower than most fewer violations than 63% 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 Palehua Solar Observatory
EPA SDWIS lists 50 people served and 10 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
24 violations · 50 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.
What to do with Palehua Solar Observatory
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Hawaii compares on the same EPA violation measures. Hawaii 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.