Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS SD4600528
Bear Country USA
Operator location Black Hawk, South Dakota - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 176 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,021 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,021
- People served (this PWS)
- 176
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 9
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Bear Country USA standing, high SDWIS violation third
176 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #19,237 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Bear Country USA sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (176), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,021 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #19,237 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #103 of 171
- Population · SD
- 176
- Total EPA violations on record
- 5%
- 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
- Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 7
- County
- Pennington
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 9
- Monitoring Violations
- 121
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 113 | 2003 |
| Public Notice | Other | 16 | 2004 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 11 | 2000 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 9 | 1998 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 2001 |
| Nitrite | MR | 3 | 1996 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Bear Country USA has 176 recorded EPA violations, 83% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 16% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (9 of 176), and it ranks #19,237 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)
176 Higher than most more violations than 83% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Bear Country USA
176 violations on record for SD4600528; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
176 violations · 1,021 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Bear Country USA
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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