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Community Water System · PWS IL1635237

American Water Oper and Maintenance, LLC

Operator location Scott Air Force Base, Illinois - UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 49 violations and 6,779 people served.

6,779
People served (this PWS)
49
EPA violations (this PWS)
10
Health-based (this PWS)
2 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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American Water Oper and Maintenance, LLC standing, mid SDWIS violation third

UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 20% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #6,263 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

American Water Oper and Maintenance, LLC lands in the middle third by violation volume (49), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (6,779; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 20% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).

#6,263 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#296 of 1,310
Population · IL
49
Total EPA violations on record
20%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

2 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Federal
Connections
286
County
St. Clair
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
10
Monitoring Violations
20
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 16 2000
Coliform (TCR) MCL 10 1993
Asbestos MR 4 1993

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

American Water Oper and Maintenance, LLC has 49 recorded EPA violations, 56% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 44% carry more. 20% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 49), and it ranks #6,263 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)

49 Around the middle fewer violations than 44% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 6 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
NFDHA 9/9/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/9/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 9/9/2024 3.30 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFBS 9/9/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 9/9/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 9/9/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 9/9/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 9/9/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/9/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/9/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 9/9/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 9/9/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/9/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 9/9/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 9/9/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/9/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 9/9/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/9/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 9/9/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 9/9/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/9/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 9/9/2024 11.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
6:2 FTS 9/9/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/9/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 9/9/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/13/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/13/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/13/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/13/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 5/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 5/7/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/7/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 5/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 5/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 5/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 5/7/2024 8.90 ppt 5.00 ppt Detected
PFNA 5/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/7/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 5/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/7/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/7/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/7/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected

UCMR5 PFAS record for American Water Oper and Maintenance, LLC

Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS IL1635237 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Illinois EPA, Bureau of Water

Nationwide peers

49 violations · 6,779 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with American Water Oper and Maintenance, LLC

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

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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.

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