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Woonsocket

Operator location Woonsocket, South Dakota - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 618 people served; 147 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

618
People served (this PWS)
147
EPA violations (this PWS)
13
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Woonsocket standing, high SDWIS violation third

618 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 9% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #25,823 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Woonsocket sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (147), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (618; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 9% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#25,823 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#150 of 171
Population · SD
147
Total EPA violations on record
9%
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
330
County
Sanborn
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
3
Monitoring Violations
124
Treatment Tech Violations
10

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 7 1999
Lead and Copper Rule TT 6 2011
Vinyl chloride MR 5 2009
Ethylbenzene MR 5 2009
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 5 2009
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 5 2009
Carbon tetrachloride MR 5 2009
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 5 2009
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 5 2009
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 5 2009
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 5 2009
Trichloroethylene MR 5 2009
Toluene MR 5 2009
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 5 2009
Xylenes, Total MR 5 2009
CHLOROBENZENE MR 5 2009
Styrene MR 5 2009
Benzene MR 5 2009
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 5 2009
Tetrachloroethylene MR 5 2009
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 5 2009
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 5 2009
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 5 2009
Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule TT 4 2014
Coliform (TCR) MCL 3 2013
Chlorine MR 3 2015
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 2 2001
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 2 2009
TTHM MR 2 2009
Nitrate MR 2 1993

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Woonsocket has 147 recorded EPA violations, 81% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 19% carry more. 9% of this system's own violations are health-based (13 of 147), and it ranks #25,823 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)

147 Higher than most more violations than 81% 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 Woonsocket

EPA SDWIS lists 618 people served and 330 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

147 violations · 618 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.

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Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

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What to do with Woonsocket

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
  • Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems

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