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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS MI2015747

Pinckney Schools - Pathfinder School

Operator location Pinckney, Michigan - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 550 people served; 75 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

550
People served (this PWS)
75
EPA violations (this PWS)
2
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Pinckney Schools - Pathfinder School standing, high SDWIS violation third

550 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #27,459 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Pinckney Schools - Pathfinder School sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (75), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (550; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#27,459 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#1,146 of 1,375
Population · MI
75
Total EPA violations on record
3%
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
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
1
County
Livingston
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
2
Monitoring Violations
66
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 6 2000
Endrin MR 3 1999
Toxaphene MR 3 1999
OXAMYL MR 3 1999
Simazine MR 3 1999
Dinoseb MR 3 1999
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 3 1999
Carbofuran MR 3 1999
Atrazine MR 3 1999
LASSO MR 3 1999
Heptachlor MR 3 1999
Heptachlor epoxide MR 3 1999
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 3 1999
Pentachlorophenol MR 3 1999
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 3 1999
BHC-GAMMA MR 3 1999
Picloram MR 3 1999
Chlordane MR 3 1999
Methoxychlor MR 3 1999
2,4-D MR 3 1999
2,4,5-TP MR 3 1999
Coliform (TCR) MCL 2 1994

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Pinckney Schools - Pathfinder School has 75 recorded EPA violations, 67% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 33% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 75), and it ranks #27,459 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)

75 Around the middle fewer violations than 33% 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

Population served record for Pinckney Schools - Pathfinder School

EPA SDWIS lists 550 people served and 1 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

75 violations · 550 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Pinckney Schools - Pathfinder School

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

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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.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater