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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS MI2176663

Remora Carbon - South

Operator location Wixom, Michigan - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 50 people served; 37 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

50
People served (this PWS)
37
EPA violations (this PWS)
5
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Remora Carbon - South standing, mid SDWIS violation third

50 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 14% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Remora Carbon - South lands in the middle third by violation volume (37), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (50; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 14% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

37
Total EPA violations on record
14%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
50
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.

F
Water Safety Score
39/100
Remora Carbon - South

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
5
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations D
32
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
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
1
County
Oakland
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
5
Monitoring Violations
32
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Lead and Copper Rule MR 16 1998
Coliform (TCR) MR 11 1996
Coliform (TCR) MCL 5 2012
Nitrate MR 5 1997

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Remora Carbon - South has 37 recorded EPA violations, 48% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 51% carry more. 14% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 37), 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)

37 Lower than most fewer violations than 51% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for Remora Carbon - South

EPA SDWIS lists 50 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

37 violations · 50 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Remora Carbon - South

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

  • See how every tracked system in Michigan compares on the same EPA violation measures. Michigan systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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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