Community Water System · PWS ID5070010
Carey Water and Sewer
Operator location Carey, Idaho - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 993 people served; 43 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 993
- People served (this PWS)
- 43
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 5
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Carey Water and Sewer standing, mid SDWIS violation third
993 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 12% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #19,908 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Carey Water and Sewer lands in the middle third by violation volume (43), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (993; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 12% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #19,908 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #127 of 249
- Population · ID
- 43
- Total EPA violations on record
- 12%
- 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
- Community
- Owner Type
- Public/Private
- Connections
- 261
- County
- Blaine
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 38
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 16 | 2010 |
| Nitrate | MR | 10 | 2023 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 2002 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 2008 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Carey Water and Sewer has 43 recorded EPA violations, 52% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 47% carry more. 12% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 43), and it ranks #19,908 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)
43 Around the middle fewer violations than 47% 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 Carey Water and Sewer
EPA SDWIS lists 993 people served and 261 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
43 violations · 993 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.
Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Carey Water and Sewer
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Idaho compares on the same EPA violation measures. Idaho 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.