Community Water System · PWS SD4600364
White
Operator location White, South Dakota - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 499 people served; 15 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 499
- People served (this PWS)
- 15
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
White standing, low SDWIS violation third
499 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 13% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
White is in the lower third by violation count (15; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is smaller (499; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 13% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 15
- Total EPA violations on record
- 13%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 499
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 257
- County
- Brookings
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 3
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2004 |
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 2 | 2021 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2016 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 1996 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
White has 15 recorded EPA violations, 25% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 74% carry more. 13% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 15), 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)
15 Lower than most fewer violations than 74% 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 White
EPA SDWIS lists 499 people served and 257 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
15 violations · 499 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
What to do with White
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.