Community Water System · PWS NN3500287
Canoncito
Operator location Canoncito, Navajo Nation - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 898 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,326 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,326
- People served (this PWS)
- 898
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 7
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Canoncito standing, high SDWIS violation third
898 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 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #16,983 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Canoncito sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (898), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,326 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #16,983 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #29 of 82
- Population · NN
- 898
- Total EPA violations on record
- 1%
- 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
- Native American
- Connections
- 390
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 731
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 173 | 2015 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 104 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 55 | 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 36 | 2023 |
| Nitrate | MR | 32 | 2024 |
| Nitrite | MR | 24 | 2024 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | MR | 10 | 2011 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 10 | 2025 |
| E. COLI | MR | 9 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 7 | 2012 |
| TTHM | MR | 7 | 2012 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Dalapon | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Diquat | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Endothall | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Simazine | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Picloram | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Atrazine | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| LASSO | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 6 | 2011 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Canoncito has 898 recorded EPA violations, 99% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 1% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 898), and it ranks #16,983 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)
898 Higher than most more violations than 99% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Canoncito
898 violations on record for NN3500287; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
898 violations · 1,326 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 Canoncito
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Navajo Nation compares on the same EPA violation measures. Navajo Nation 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.