Community Water System · PWS ID1050021
Plummer City Of
Operator location Plummer, Idaho - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 360 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,034 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,034
- People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 360
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 17
- Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Plummer City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
360 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 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #19,127 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Plummer City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (360), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,034 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #19,127 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #119 of 249
- Population · ID
- 360
- Total EPA violations on record
- 5%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 517
- County
- Benewah
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 343
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 5
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 24 | 2023 |
| Chlorine | MR | 21 | 2023 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 18 | 2021 |
| Nitrate | MR | 12 | 2017 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 12 | 2009 |
| Endrin | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Dalapon | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Diquat | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Endothall | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Simazine | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Atrazine | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| LASSO | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Chlordane | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Picloram | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 6 | 2019 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 6 | 2019 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Plummer City Of has 360 recorded EPA violations, 93% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 7% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (17 of 360), and it ranks #19,127 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)
360 Higher than most more violations than 93% 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
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Plummer City Of plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
SDWIS compliance record for Plummer City Of
360 violations on record for ID1050021; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
360 violations · 1,034 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 Plummer City Of
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