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Community Water System · PWS OH6800212

Foundations

Operator location New Paris, Ohio - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 96 people served; 216 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

96
People served (this PWS)
216
EPA violations (this PWS)
8
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Foundations standing, high SDWIS violation third

96 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Foundations sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (216), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (96; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

216
Total EPA violations on record
4%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
96
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.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
1
County
Preble
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
8
Monitoring Violations
195
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Nitrate MR 12 2001
2,4-D MR 12 1997
Coliform (TCR) MR 11 1997
Lead and Copper Rule MR 9 1996
BHC-GAMMA MR 9 1997
Methoxychlor MR 9 1997
2,4,5-TP MR 8 1995
Coliform (TCR) MCL 8 1992
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 7 2020
Diquat MR 7 1997
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 7 1997
OXAMYL MR 7 1997
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 7 1997
Picloram MR 7 1997
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 7 1997
Pentachlorophenol MR 7 1997
Glyphosate MR 7 1997
Carbofuran MR 7 1997
Endothall MR 7 1997
Toxaphene MR 5 1991
Endrin MR 5 1991
Nitrite MR 4 1993
Arsenic MR 4 2006
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 4 1997
Dalapon MR 3 1995
Simazine MR 3 1995
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 3 1995
Aldicarb sulfone MR 3 1995
LASSO MR 3 1995
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE MR 3 1995

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Foundations has 216 recorded EPA violations, 86% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 14% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 216), 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)

216 Higher than most more violations than 86% 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 Foundations

EPA SDWIS lists 96 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 · Ohio EPA, Division of Drinking and Ground Waters

Nationwide peers

216 violations · 96 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.

4 peers

What to do with Foundations

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

  • See how every tracked system in Ohio compares on the same EPA violation measures. Ohio 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