Community Water System · PWS SD4600236
Parkston
Operator location Parkston, South Dakota - 20% of 50 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); surface water source; 1,567 served per SDWIS.
- 1,567
- People served (this PWS)
- 50
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 10
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Parkston standing, mid SDWIS violation third
20% of 50 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 20% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #15,539 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Parkston lands in the middle third by violation volume (50), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,567 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 20% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #15,539 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #72 of 171
- Population · SD
- 50
- Total EPA violations on record
- 20%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 817
- County
- Hutchinson
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 28
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 10
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 4 | 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2022 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 3 | 1999 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 3 | 2019 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 2 | 2023 |
| TTHM | MR | 2 | 2023 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 1 | 1976 |
| Public Notice | Other | 1 | 2002 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 1 | 2000 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1976 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Parkston has 50 recorded EPA violations, 56% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 43% carry more. 20% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 50), and it ranks #15,539 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)
50 Around the middle fewer violations than 43% 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 Parkston
10 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for SD4600236.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
50 violations · 1,567 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Parkston
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in South Dakota compares on the same EPA violation measures. South Dakota 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.