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Community Water System · PWS MI0004050

Manton, City Of

Operator location Manton, Michigan - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 116 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,287 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

1,287
People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
116
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
24
Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Manton, City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

116 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 21% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #17,264 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Manton, City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (116), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,287 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 21% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#17,264 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#530 of 1,375
Population · MI
116
Total EPA violations on record
21%
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
13/100
Manton, City Of

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
24
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
92
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
552
County
Wexford
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
24
Monitoring Violations
76
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MCL 24 2011
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 8 2024
Nitrate MR 7 2022
Public Notice Other 6 2007
Coliform (TCR) MR 5 1998
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 5 2024
TTHM MR 5 2014
Combined Uranium MR 5 2016
Arsenic MR 3 2016
Chromium MR 3 2016
Mercury MR 3 2016
Nickel MR 3 2016
Beryllium, Total MR 3 2016
Thallium, Total MR 3 2016
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 3 2016
E. COLI MR 3 2011
Cadmium MR 3 2016
Barium MR 3 2016
Combined Radium (-226 and -228) MR 3 2016
Antimony, Total MR 3 2016
Selenium MR 3 2016
Chlorine MR 3 2019
Lead and Copper Rule MR 2 2018
Radium-228 MR 1 2016
Radium-226 MR 1 2016

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Manton, City Of has 116 recorded EPA violations, 76% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 24% carry more. 21% of this system's own violations are health-based (24 of 116), and it ranks #17,264 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)

116 Higher than most more violations than 76% 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

Manton, City Of 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%Manton, City Of-116, 21%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

SDWIS compliance record for Manton, City Of

116 violations on record for MI0004050; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Michigan EGLE, Drinking Water and Environmental Health Division

Nationwide peers

116 violations · 1,287 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Manton, City Of

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