Question 1

Is Desert Aire Owner Assn water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Desert Aire Owner Assn (PWS ID: WA5319056) has 518 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 2,856 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Desert Aire Owner Assn serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Desert Aire Owner Assn serves 2,856 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Desert Aire or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 1,341 service connections. The operator address is listed in Desert Aire, Washington.

Question 3

What type of violations does Desert Aire Owner Assn have?

Accepted Answer

Desert Aire Owner Assn has 518 total violations: 8 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 510 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Desert Aire Owner Assn water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Desert Aire Owner Assn under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Desert Aire Owner Assn use?

Accepted Answer

Desert Aire Owner Assn uses Groundwater 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 Desert Aire Owner Assn sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Desert Aire Owner Assn ranks #10,986 of 29,740 by people served, and #279 of 766 in Washington. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Desert Aire Owner Assn's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Desert Aire Owner Assn has 518 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 4% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 96% of that cohort has fewer violations than Desert Aire Owner Assn. 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
BHC-GAMMA	MR	22	2006
Methoxychlor	MR	22	2006
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	MR	22	2006
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	22	2006
Atrazine	MR	22	2006
LASSO	MR	22	2006
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	22	2006
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	MR	22	2006
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	22	2006
Chlordane	MR	22	2006
Endrin	MR	22	2006
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	22	2006
Simazine	MR	22	2006
Heptachlor	MR	22	2006
Toxaphene	MR	22	2006
Pentachlorophenol	MR	20	2006
Dalapon	MR	16	2006
OXAMYL	MR	16	2006
Aldicarb sulfone	MR	16	2006
Carbofuran	MR	16	2006
Dinoseb	MR	16	2006
Aldicarb sulfoxide	MR	16	2006
Aldicarb	MR	16	2006
Picloram	MR	16	2006
2,4,5-TP	MR	16	2006
Diquat	MR	10	2005
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	8	1995
Coliform (TCR)	MR	3	1992
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	MR	1	1979
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	1	2021

Desert Aire Owner Assn

Desert Aire Owner Assn standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for Desert Aire Owner Assn

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served