Community Water System · PWS MI0003410
Iron River
Operator location Iron River, Michigan - 57% of 77 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 3,019 served per SDWIS.
- 3,019
- People served (this PWS)
- 77
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 44
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Iron River standing, high SDWIS violation third
57% of 77 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 57% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #10,549 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Iron River sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (77), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 3,019 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 57% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,549 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #316 of 1,375
- Population · MI
- 77
- Total EPA violations on record
- 57%
- 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
- 1,313
- County
- Iron
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 44
- Monitoring Violations
- 23
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 44 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 19 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2023 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Iron River has 77 recorded EPA violations, 67% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 32% carry more. 57% of this system's own violations are health-based (44 of 77), and it ranks #10,549 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)
77 Around the middle fewer violations than 32% 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 Iron River
44 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MI0003410.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Michigan EGLE, Drinking Water and Environmental Health Division
Nationwide peers
77 violations · 3,019 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Iron River
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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