Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS RI2980425
Ponaganset Middle School
Operator location North Scituate, Rhode Island - 25% of 24 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 923 served per SDWIS.
- 923
- People served (this PWS)
- 24
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Ponaganset Middle School standing, mid SDWIS violation third
25% of 24 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 25% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #20,703 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Ponaganset Middle School lands in the middle third by violation volume (24), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (923; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 25% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #20,703 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #52 of 73
- Population · RI
- 24
- Total EPA violations on record
- 25%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 1
- County
- Providence
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 6
- Monitoring Violations
- 18
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 13 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 6 | 2009 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2008 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Ponaganset Middle School has 24 recorded EPA violations, 36% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 63% carry more. 25% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 24), and it ranks #20,703 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)
24 Lower than most fewer violations than 63% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Ponaganset Middle School
6 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for RI2980425.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
24 violations · 923 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Ponaganset Middle School
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Rhode Island compares on the same EPA violation measures. Rhode Island systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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