Question 1

Is Fort Meade VA Center water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Fort Meade VA Center (PWS ID: SD4680002) has 140 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 800 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Fort Meade VA Center serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Fort Meade VA Center serves 800 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Fort Meade or any other city). It is a Federal-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 82 service connections. The operator address is listed in Fort Meade, South Dakota.

Question 3

What type of violations does Fort Meade VA Center have?

Accepted Answer

Fort Meade VA Center has 140 total violations: 3 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 125 monitoring/reporting violations, and 3 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Fort Meade VA Center water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Fort Meade VA Center under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Fort Meade VA Center use?

Accepted Answer

Fort Meade VA Center uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Fort Meade VA Center sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Fort Meade VA Center ranks #22,690 of 29,740 by people served, and #125 of 171 in South Dakota. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Fort Meade VA Center's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Fort Meade VA Center has 140 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 20% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 80% of that cohort has fewer violations than Fort Meade VA Center. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Coliform (TCR)	MR	11	2007
Nitrate	MR	9	2008
Chlorine	MR	6	2018
Thallium, Total	MR	4	2002
Selenium	MR	4	2002
Antimony, Total	MR	4	2002
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	3	2018
Asbestos	MR	2	2002
Acrylamide	TT	2	2004
Barium	MR	2	1993
Cadmium	MR	2	1993
Chromium	MR	2	1993
Fluoride	MR	2	1993
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	2	1996
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	2	1996
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	MR	2	1996
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	2	1996
Endrin	MR	2	1996
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	MR	2	1996
BHC-GAMMA	MR	2	1996
Toxaphene	MR	2	1996
Simazine	MR	2	1996
Aldicarb sulfoxide	MR	2	1996
OXAMYL	MR	2	1996
Dalapon	MR	2	1996
2,4,5-TP	MR	2	1996
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	2	1996
Endothall	MR	2	1996
Beryllium, Total	MR	2	1993
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	2	1996

Fort Meade VA Center

Fort Meade VA Center standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for Fort Meade VA Center

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints