Community Water System · PWS RI1858419
Jamestown Water Department
Operator location Jamestown, Rhode Island - UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 116 violations and 3,348 people served.
- 3,348
- People served (this PWS)
- 116
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 15
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 1 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Jamestown Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 13% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #9,865 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Jamestown Water Department 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 large (3,348; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 13% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- #9,865 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #30 of 73
- Population · RI
- 116
- Total EPA violations on record
- 13%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,573
- County
- Newport
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 68
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MR | 17 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 12 | 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 10 | 2017 |
| Chlorine dioxide | MRDL | 10 | 2016 |
| Atrazine | MR | 8 | 1995 |
| Chlorite | MR | 8 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 7 | 2016 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 2006 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 5 | 2017 |
| E. COLI | MR | 5 | 2017 |
| Asbestos | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 5 | 2017 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 3 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Jamestown Water Department has 116 recorded EPA violations, 76% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 24% carry more. 13% of this system's own violations are health-based (15 of 116), and it ranks #9,865 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
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 1 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHxS | 8/23/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/23/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/23/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/23/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/23/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/23/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/23/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/23/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/23/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/23/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/23/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/23/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/23/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/23/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/23/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/23/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/23/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/23/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/23/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/23/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/23/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/23/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/23/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/23/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/23/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/26/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/26/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/26/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/26/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/18/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/18/2023 | 12.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/18/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/18/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/18/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/18/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/18/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/18/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/18/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Jamestown Water Department
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS RI1858419 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
116 violations · 3,348 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
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