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Community Water System · PWS IL0010700

Ursa

Operator location Ursa, Illinois - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 626 people served; 200 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

626
People served (this PWS)
200
EPA violations (this PWS)
6
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Ursa standing, high SDWIS violation third

626 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #25,676 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Ursa sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (200), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (626; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#25,676 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#1,150 of 1,310
Population · IL
200
Total EPA violations on record
3%
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
Local
Connections
281
County
Adams
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
6
Monitoring Violations
170
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 31 2004
Chlorine MR 14 2008
Nitrate MCL 6 2010
Endrin MR 4 2005
BHC-GAMMA MR 4 2005
Toxaphene MR 4 2005
Dalapon MR 4 2005
Diquat MR 4 2005
Endothall MR 4 2005
OXAMYL MR 4 2005
Simazine MR 4 2005
Dinoseb MR 4 2005
Aldicarb sulfoxide MR 4 2005
Aldicarb sulfone MR 4 2005
Carbofuran MR 4 2005
Aldicarb MR 4 2005
Atrazine MR 4 2005
Heptachlor MR 4 2005
2,4-D MR 4 2005
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE MR 4 2005
Chlordane MR 4 2005
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 4 2005
Heptachlor epoxide MR 4 2005
Pentachlorophenol MR 4 2005
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 4 2005
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 4 2005
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 4 2005
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 4 2005
Picloram MR 4 2005
Methoxychlor MR 4 2005

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Ursa has 200 recorded EPA violations, 85% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 15% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 200), and it ranks #25,676 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)

200 Higher than most more violations than 85% 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

Population served record for Ursa

EPA SDWIS lists 626 people served and 281 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water

Nationwide peers

200 violations · 626 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Ursa

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Illinois compares on the same EPA violation measures. Illinois 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.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater