Community Water System · PWS UTAH03019
River Heights City
Operator location River Heights, Utah - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 499 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,195 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,195
- People served (this PWS)
- 499
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 7
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
River Heights City standing, high SDWIS violation third
499 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 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,902 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
River Heights City sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (499), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,195 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,902 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #148 of 321
- Population · UT
- 499
- Total EPA violations on record
- 1%
- 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
- 726
- County
- Cache
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 7
- Monitoring Violations
- 467
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 16 | 2010 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Dalapon | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Endrin | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Simazine | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Picloram | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Chlordane | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Chlorine | MR | 12 | 2013 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| LASSO | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Atrazine | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 12 | 2008 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 10 | 2004 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 7 | 1999 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 6 | 2017 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 6 | 2012 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
River Heights City has 499 recorded EPA violations, 95% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 5% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 499), and it ranks #12,902 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)
499 Higher than most more violations than 95% 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 River Heights City
499 violations on record for UTAH03019; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
499 violations · 2,195 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 River Heights City
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