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Community Water System · PWS KS2012304

Mitchell Co RWD 2

Operator location Glen Elder, Kansas - 73% of 519 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 873 served per SDWIS.

873
People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
519
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
379
Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Mitchell Co RWD 2 standing, high SDWIS violation third

73% of 519 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 73% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #21,499 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Mitchell Co RWD 2 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (519), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (873; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 73% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#21,499 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#320 of 424
Population · KS
519
Total EPA violations on record
73%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

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

F
Water Safety Score
4/100
Mitchell Co RWD 2

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations F
379
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
140
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
483
County
Mitchell
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
209
Monitoring Violations
104
Treatment Tech Violations
170

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 209 2020
CARBON, TOTAL TT 165 2025
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 69 2018
Public Notice Other 29 2019
CARBON, TOTAL MR 14 2014
Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule MR 5 2010
Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 5 2019
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 5 2025
TTHM MR 3 2009
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 3 2009
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 3 2015
Chloramine MR 3 2025
Lead and Copper Rule MR 2 1994

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Mitchell Co RWD 2 has 519 recorded EPA violations, 96% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 4% carry more. 73% of this system's own violations are health-based (379 of 519), and it ranks #21,499 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)

519 Higher than most more violations than 96% 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

Mitchell Co RWD 2 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

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Mitchell Co RWD 2-519, 73%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Health-based violations on Mitchell Co RWD 2

379 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for KS2012304.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

519 violations · 873 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 Mitchell Co RWD 2

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

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