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Monte Vista Community Water Co

Operator location Cedar City, Utah - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 150 people served; 263 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

150
People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
263
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
46
Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Monte Vista Community Water Co standing, high SDWIS violation third

150 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Monte Vista Community Water Co sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (263), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (150; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

263
Total EPA violations on record
17%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
150
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

F
Water Safety Score
1/100
Monte Vista Community Water Co

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations F
46
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
217
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
57
County
Iron
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
43
Monitoring Violations
187
Treatment Tech Violations
3

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MCL 43 2010
Coliform (TCR) MR 28 2016
E. COLI MR 24 2021
Nitrate MR 18 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 15 2019
Lead and Copper Rule MR 9 2020
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 6 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 6 2019
Radium-228 MR 3 2009
Endrin MR 3 2020
Methoxychlor MR 3 2020
Dalapon MR 3 2020
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 3 2020
OXAMYL MR 3 2020
Picloram MR 3 2020
Dinoseb MR 3 2020
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 3 2020
Atrazine MR 3 2020
Heptachlor epoxide MR 3 2020
2,4-D MR 3 2020
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 3 2020
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 3 2020
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 3 2020
Chlordane MR 3 2020
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 3 2025
TTHM MR 3 2025
LASSO MR 3 2020
Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 3 2019
Simazine MR 3 2020
BHC-GAMMA MR 3 2020

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Monte Vista Community Water Co has 263 recorded EPA violations, 89% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 11% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (46 of 263), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

263 Higher than most more violations than 89% 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

Monte Vista Community Water Co 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

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Monte Vista Community Water Co-263, 17%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Population served record for Monte Vista Community Water Co

EPA SDWIS lists 150 people served and 57 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

263 violations · 150 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.

4 peers

What to do with Monte Vista Community Water Co

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Utah compares on the same EPA violation measures. Utah systems
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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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