Community Water System · PWS SD4600390
Colton
Operator location Colton, South Dakota - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 738 people served; 134 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 738
- People served (this PWS)
- 134
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 11
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Colton standing, high SDWIS violation third
738 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #23,690 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Colton sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (134), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (738; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #23,690 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #133 of 171
- Population · SD
- 134
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- 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
- 334
- County
- Minnehaha
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 9
- Monitoring Violations
- 113
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 9 | 2000 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2003 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 5 | 2000 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Chlordane | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Simazine | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Dalapon | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Picloram | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Aldicarb | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Endrin | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Atrazine | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Aldicarb sulfone | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Diquat | MR | 3 | 1996 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Colton has 134 recorded EPA violations, 79% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 21% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (11 of 134), and it ranks #23,690 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)
134 Higher than most more violations than 79% 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 Colton
EPA SDWIS lists 738 people served and 334 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
134 violations · 738 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 smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Colton
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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