Community Water System · PWS UTAH02018
Mantua Town Water System
Operator location Montua, Utah - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 682 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,200 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,200
- People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 682
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 25
- Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Mantua Town Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
682 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 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #17,964 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Mantua Town Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (682), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,200 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,964 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #204 of 321
- Population · UT
- 682
- Total EPA violations on record
- 4%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 437
- County
- Box Elder
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 20
- Monitoring Violations
- 613
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 5
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 46 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 35 | 2007 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 27 | 2017 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 26 | 2020 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 25 | 2020 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 23 | 2020 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 22 | 2011 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 20 | 2011 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 20 | 2007 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 12 | 2000 |
| Mercury | MR | 10 | 2008 |
| Arsenic | MR | 10 | 2008 |
| Barium | MR | 10 | 2008 |
| Cadmium | MR | 10 | 2008 |
| Chromium | MR | 10 | 2008 |
| Fluoride | MR | 10 | 2008 |
| Selenium | MR | 10 | 2008 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Benzene | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Toluene | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Styrene | MR | 9 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Mantua Town Water System has 682 recorded EPA violations, 98% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 2% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (25 of 682), and it ranks #17,964 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)
682 Higher than most more violations than 98% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Mantua Town Water System plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
SDWIS compliance record for Mantua Town Water System
682 violations on record for UTAH02018; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
682 violations · 1,200 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 Mantua Town Water System
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