Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS MA4318073
The Copper Swan
Operator location Wellfleet, Massachusetts - 0% of 86 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 115 served per SDWIS.
- 115
- People served (this PWS)
- 86
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
The Copper Swan standing, high SDWIS violation third
0% of 86 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%).
The verdict
The Copper Swan sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (86), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (115; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 86
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 115
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 1
- County
- Barnstable
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 49
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 27 | 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 19 | 2023 |
| Nitrate | MR | 17 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 11 | 2009 |
| Nitrite | MR | 2 | 1996 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
The Copper Swan has 86 recorded EPA violations, 70% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 30% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 86), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
86 Around the middle fewer violations than 30% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on The Copper Swan
0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MA4318073.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · MassDEP, Drinking Water Program
Nationwide peers
86 violations · 115 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.
What to do with The Copper Swan
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Massachusetts compares on the same EPA violation measures. Massachusetts systems
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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.