Community Water System · PWS MI0001170
Carson City
Operator location Carson City, Michigan - larger served population (> 3,309) at 3,322 people served; 25 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 3,322
- People served (this PWS) Larger third of systems
- 25
- EPA violations (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS) Tested, none detected
Carson City standing, mid SDWIS violation third
3,322 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 12% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #9,899 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Carson City lands in the middle third by violation volume (25), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (3,322; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 12% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #9,899 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #294 of 1,375
- Population · MI
- 25
- 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.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 525
- County
- Montcalm
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 15
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2025 |
| E. COLI | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 1994 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 3 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2022 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Carson City has 25 recorded EPA violations, 37% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 62% carry more. 12% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 25), and it ranks #9,899 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)
25 Lower than most fewer violations than 62% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Carson City 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
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFPeA | 6/6/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/6/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/6/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/6/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/6/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/6/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/6/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/6/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/6/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/6/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/6/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/6/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 6/6/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/6/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/6/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/6/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/6/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/6/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/6/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/6/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/6/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/6/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 6/6/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/6/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/6/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/6/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/6/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/6/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/6/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 12/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 12/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 12/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 12/4/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 12/4/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 12/4/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 12/4/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 12/4/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 12/4/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 12/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 12/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 12/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 12/4/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 12/4/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 12/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 12/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 12/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 12/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 12/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 12/4/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 12/4/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Carson City
EPA SDWIS lists 3,322 people served and 525 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Michigan EGLE, Drinking Water and Environmental Health Division
Nationwide peers
25 violations · 3,322 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 similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Carson City
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