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Table of Contents
Executive Summary 1
Introduction 5
Part 1. Summary of Compliance and Enforcement at Public Water Systems
throughout the U.S., Including Those in Indian Country 7
Part 2. Summary of Compliance, Enforcement and Financial Assistance at
Public Water Systems in Indian Country 14
Part 3. Conclusions and Recommendations 20
APPENDIX A
Glossary of Terms
APPENDIX B
Summaries of Primacy Agency Annual Compliance Reports
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Executive Summary
The United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is directed by the Safe Drinking Water
Act (SDWA) to annually report on public water system (PWS) compliance in the United States. To meet
this requirement, EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) publishes the annual
National Public Water Systems Compliance Report (Report) summarizing the incidence of significant
violations, which include all health-based violations and a subset of other violations, as shown in Table
A-l (Appendix A). The Report for 2013 documents that, while the majority of the U.S. population served
by PWSs receives safe drinking water, many PWSs incurred significant violations of federal drinking
water quality standards. The number of PWSs with at least one significant violation increased from
36,536 in 2012 to 40,338 in 2013. However, the number of systems that are priorities for enforcement
actions decreased from 6,352 in 2012 to 5,026 in 2013. Systems typically become priorities for
enforcement action after multiple violations over a sustained period.
At the end of December 2013, the number of active1 PWSs in the U.S. was 149,912. This is less than a 1
percent decrease from December 2012 (150,848). The population served by these PWSs at the end of
December 2013 was almost 3 17 million consumers. This is a 1 percent decrease in the population from
the end of December 2012 (320 million). Small PWSs2 comprise the vast majority of all these PWSs.
Noncompliance occurs more frequently at smaller PWSs because they often have fewer resources to
operate and maintain compliance. For this reason. EPA. states and other organizations provide significant
assistance and resources to small PWSs to build their capacity to properly finance, operate and maintain
their drinking water systems. Among other mechanisms to support small PWSs, EPA provides funds
through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and the Public Water System Supervision
(PWSS) program for third-party technical assistance providers and maintains multiple, free online
financial and technical web sites, tools and resources.
Overall Compliance Is Improving
EPA tracks compliance at PWSs in different ways and for different purposes. For purposes of this Report,
EPA tracks compliance in two ways: 1) the number of PWSs with significant violations3 reported to EPA
by primacy agencies each year (that is, any health-based violation, certain notification or certain
monitoring and reporting violations where the facility fails to report water sampling results); and 2) the
number of PWSs classified as being priorities for enforcement (that is, they have serious, repeated or
continuing violations that make them a priority, as defined by the 2009 SDWA Enforcement Response
Policy).
1 For purposes of this Report, active PWSs are defined as those PWSs that were still operating on December 31,
2013. This would include PWSs that are only operating during part of the year, such as summer campgrounds. Any
system reported by its primacy agency to be de-activated prior to December 31, 2013 is not included in this Report;
neither are its violations. In other reportings, such as for the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA),
active PWSs are defined differently.
2 Small systems are defined in some contexts as serving 3,300 or fewer customers and in others as serving 10,000 or
fewer. For purposes of this Report, references to small systems always refer to those serving 3,300 or fewer. In other
EPA documents, small systems may be further categorized into very small systems as those serving 500 or fewer
customers.
3 Details concerning significant violations can be found in Appendix A in Table A-l.
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The number of PWSs with significant violations (i.e., health-based, certain monitoring and reporting, or
certain notification violations) reported to EPA each year decreased incrementally between 2009 and
2012, but has increased in 2013 to approximately 2010 levels (for details, see table on Page 8). The most
frequently reported violations continue to be monitoring and reporting violations. Failure to monitor or
report is serious because it means that regulators and consumers do not know whether drinking water
standards are being met.
Beginning in 2010, EPA established a water system-based approach4 to addressing noncompliance with
federal requirements in accordance with the revised Enforcement Response Policy (ERP) issued on
December 8, 2009. This policy instituted a process for prioritizing systems for enforcement based on the
number and types of violations at each system. Using this approach, all violations at a priority system are
to be addressed through a consolidated response by the primacy agency. For more information on the
2009 ERP, see http://wvYw2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/dnnking_vYater_erp_2009.pdf.
The number of PWSs classified as priorities for enforcement at some time during the calendar year
decreased from 6,352 (4 percent of all systems) in 2012 to 5,026 (3 percent) in 2013. Primacy agencies
made progress in addressing a backlog of noncompliance through compliance assistance and enforcement
actions, while reporting those activities into the national data system.
Compliance and Enforcement at PWSs in the U.S., Including Indian Country5
Primacy agencies' reported that 40,338 PWSs (approximately 27 percent of all PWSs in the U.S.) had at
least one significant v iolation in 2013. This is higher than the 36,356 PWSs (approximately 24 percent of
all PWS) reported with at least one significant v iolations in 2012. The data submitted by primacy
agencies indicate that 7 percent of all PWSs in the U .S. serving approximately 26.5 million consumers
had v iolations of health-based standards in 2013, while significant monitoring and reporting v iolations
were reported for about 18 percent of all PWSs. In 2012, 6 percent of all PWSs in the U.S. serving
approximately 23.7 million consumers health-based violations, while significant monitoring and reporting
violations were reported for about 15 percent of all PWSs. In 2013, EPA and primacy agencies initiated
9,392 enforcement actions in response to drinking water violations at PWSs within their jurisdictions. Not
all activities that agencies conduct to bring a system into compliance are counted in the report. Those
enforcement actions that are counted include a variety of administrative, civil and criminal actions and
other actions that primacy agencies used to address violations. Examples of actions not counted in this
report are boil water orders, compliance meetings conducted and formal notices of violations issued.
4 The previous approach prioritized systems for enforcement based on the violations under each regulation
separately. With the increased number of regulations developed over time, the water system approach is more
efficient.
5 Indian Country means (a) all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United
States Government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and, including rights-of-way running through the
reservation, (b) all dependent Indian communities within the borders of the United States whether within the original
or subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or without the limits of a state, and (c) all Indian
allotments, the Indian titles to which have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way running through the same.
6 Federal approval to implement the drinking water program is called primary enforcement authority, or "primacy."
The term "primacy agency" includes 54 states, commonwealths and territories that have been approved to
implement the drinking water program within their jurisdictions. It also includes the Navajo Nation, which has
primacy for most, but not all, PWSs that are located on Navajo lands. When this Report mentions PWSs in the
Navajo Nation, it refers to those PWSs for which the Navajo Nation exercises primacy. During calendar year 2013,
EPA directly implemented the drinking water program in Wyoming, the District of Columbia and throughout all of
Indian country, except for those PWSs under Navajo Nation primacy. EPA is responsible for submitting violation
information into Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) for the areas where the Agency directly
implements the program.
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Compliance and Enforcement at PWSs in Indian Country
In 2013, 985 PWSs served almost 1.3 million consumers in Indian country. EPA and the Navajo Nation
reported that approximately 46 percent of all PWSs in Indian country had at least one significant violation
in 2013. The rate is lower than the violation rate of 49 percent reported in 2012. The Indian country data
indicate that 12 percent of PWSs in Indian country, serving approximately 195,574 consumers, had
violations of health-based standards in 2013, which is the same percentage reported last year. In 2013,
significant monitoring and reporting violations were reported for 40 percent of PWSs in Indian country,
which is lower than the rate of 42 percent reported in 2012. In 2013, EPA and the Navajo Nation took 55
enforcement actions in Indian country.
The PWSs in Indian country consist mainly of smaller PWSs, many of which may face significant
financial, managerial and technical challenges in complying with National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations (NPDWRs). EPA devotes considerable financial and staff resources to improve compliance
in Indian country, as discussed in more detail in this Report.
Source and Quality of Data Used for this Report
The data summarized in this Report are stored in the Safe Drinking Water Information System/Federal
Version (SDWIS/FED). PWSs are required to sample and test their water and report the results to the
agency with primacy for implementing the SDWA. The primacy agency reviews the test results and other
required reports and determines whether a violation has occurred. The primacy agency is required by EPA
to report all violations and enforcement data into SDWIS/FED; a finding of compliance is not required to
be reported to EPA.
EPA has evaluated state and regional program data quality by conducting data verification audits and
national data quality assessments, comparing primacy agencies' files and records with information in
SDWIS/FED to verify accuracy, completeness and whether appropriate compliance determinations are
made (that is, in accordance with federal regulations). These audits and assessments have shown that
violation data are substantially incomplete. EPA and primacy agencies are currently working together to
devise a modern data system that will be instrumental in improving data accuracy and completeness. EPA
has developed a methodology for evaluating the quality of the enforcement data and hopes to begin
deploying it in future years, as resources allow.
Recommendations
1. Continue to Improve Compliance Rates
States, territories, the Navajo Nation and EPA should continue working together to return violating PWSs
to compliance as efficiently and effectively as possible. Pursuing the more holistic, systems-based
approach to addressing noncompliance is an important element of improving performance among PWSs.
EPA needs to aggressively push compliance in states and on tribal lands that have large numbers of their
public water systems classified as enforcement priorities.
2. Improve Data Quality
Data quality improvement must remain a high priority for EPA and the primacy agencies. Primacy
agencies must provide complete and accurate data to the public and to EPA. Without high quality data
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from primacy agencies, EPA cannot fulfill its responsibility to fully assess the state of compliance of the
nation's PWSs and to communicate to the public, Congress and other oversight bodies.
3. Continue to Implement the 2009 Enforcement Response Policy
Primacy agencies will continue to pursue enforcement actions against violating public water systems both
to expeditiously return violations to compliance and to deter future violations. EPA and primacy agencies
will continue to implement the ERP and provide training and support as needed.
4. Continue to Develop Capacity at Smaller Public Water Systems
EPA will continue its efforts to support PWSs serving 10,000 or fewer consumers through the capacity
development program. Recognizing the challenges facing these drinking water systems. EPA provides
tools and assistance for capacity development, which refers to the technical, financial and managerial
capacity of a system to provide safe drinking water. The program also provides information about
treatment technology options for small systems.
5. Continue to Increase Transparency of Data
EPA believes that raising the public's awareness of the violations at PWSs will encourage PWSs to
improve their compliance. In addition to the information in this Report, data on the numbers and types of
PWSs, populations served, source water, violations, enforcement actions and more are presented in
various other formats on EPA's public web site at the following URLs:
http://water.epa.gov/scitech/datait/databases/drink/sdwisfed/howtoaccessdata.cfm
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/
http: //echo. epa.gov/
Readers should be aware that data in these reports and others using SDWIS data may differ somewhat,
depending on the specific queries and dates of information used to generate each report.
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2013 National Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Introduction
Purpose of Report
This annual National Public Water Systems Compliance Report summarizes and evaluates annual reports
submitted by primacy agencies regarding compliance at public water systems (PWSs) of all types and
sizes in the U.S. in calendar year 2013. The information in this Report summarizes PWS noncompliance
with the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs) at the national and state levels and
does not provide information about specific water systems. This Report is compiled annually as required
by Section 1414(c)(3)(B) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The Report includes the following:
¦ Part 1: Summary of Compliance and Enforcement at PWSs throughout the U.S. (including those in
Indian Country)
¦ Part 2: Summary of Compliance, Enforcement and Financial Assistance at PWSs in Indian Country
¦ Part 3: Conclusions and Recommendations
¦ Appendices: Glossary of Terms and Summaries of Primacy Agency Reports
Scope of Report
This Report discusses the incidence of significant violations that occurred between January 1 and
December 31, 2013, as defined by the SDWA and shown in Table A-l in Appendix A, at PWSs that
operated during the year and were still active at the end of the year, including:
¦ All violations of health-based standards, including exceedances of Maximum Contaminant Levels
(MCLs), Maximum Residual Disinfectant Levels (MRDLs) and violations of treatment technique
(TT) requirements;
¦ Significant notification violations (i.e., complete failure to provide required notification); and
¦ Significant monitoring and reporting violations (e.g., where a PWS did not take a sample or failed
to report results during a compliance period).
A PWS is a system that provides water for human consumption, if such system has at least 15 service
connections or regularly serves at least 25 individuals at least 60 days out of the year. EPA does not have
the authority to regulate private drinking water wells that do not meet the above criteria. Therefore, data
presented in this Report are for PWSs only.
For purposes of this Report, EPA defines small systems as those serving up to 3,300 customers. PWS size
is generally associated with a system's ability to maintain or return to compliance following a violation of
a NPDWR. In general, large PWSs have greater capacity to maintain compliance than small systems and
can return to compliance more quickly than small systems. This disparity is often the result of differences
in financial, administrative and technical capacity between large and small systems. Small PWSs have a
smaller customer base to support purchase and installation of needed infrastructure and to operate and
maintain the system. Similarly, small PWSs may be unable or unwilling to charge consumers rates
sufficient to cover the true cost of collecting, treating and distributing the water. Lack of funding may
cause small PWSs to delay needed capital improvements. Small PWSs (particularly non-community
water systems) are often overseen by part-time administrators who are not environmental professionals,
and the pay for the system operators may not be adequate to attract and keep someone with the necessary
training and skills. If there are violations, small PWSs may not have the technical capabilities to correct
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the underlying problems. Because of the relationship between system size and the ability to achieve and
maintain compliance, some of the findings in this Report are discussed in terms of system size.
EPA's goal is to ensure that all citizens are provided with safe drinking water. The Enforcement Response
Policy (ERP) for the Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program under the SDWA issued on
December 8, 2009, reiterates that formal enforcement action should be taken when assistance or informal
enforcement action does not effectively return a PWS to compliance in a timely manner, regardless of the
size, type, owner, operator or location of the system. The ERP establishes a framework for prioritizing
PWSs for formal enforcement in order to ensure that those with the most severe violations are addressed.
Systems with the most serious violations or combination of frequent or persistent violations are
considered to be priorities for enforcement. When determining if a PWS is an enforcement priority, the
ERP considers all unresolved violations within the past five years. The ERP expects that all violations at a
PWS must be corrected or addressed, thus returning the PWS to compliance more quickly than was
previously done. This practice began in 2006 on an ad-hoc basis and triggered a decline in the number of
PWSs prioritized for enforcement. With the inclusion of this provision in the 2009 ERP, EPA expects this
decline to continue.
Source and Quality of Data
This Report is based on violation types shown in Table A-l (Appendix A) that occurred during calendar
year 2013. EPA acknowledges that the data summarized in this Report are incomplete. The data are
housed in the Safe Drinking Water Information System/Federal Version (SDWIS/FED). PWSs are
required to take samples and test their water and report the results to their primacy agency. The primacy
agency reviews the test results and other required reports and determines whether a violation has
occurred. The primacy agency is required by EPA to enter all violation and enforcement data into
SDWIS/FED; a finding of compliance is not required to be entered into SDWIS/FED.
EPA has evaluated state and EPA regional programs data quality by conducting data verification audits
and national data quality assessments, comparing primacy agencies" files and records with information in
SDWIS/FED to verify accuracy, completeness and whether appropriate compliance determinations are
made (that is, in accordance with federal regulations). These audits and assessments have shown that
violation data are incomplete. EPA and primacy agencies are currently working together to devise a
modern data system that will be instrumental in improving data accuracy and completeness. EPA has
developed a methodology for evaluating the quality of the enforcement data and deploys it annually, as
resources allow.
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Part 1. Summary of Compliance and Enforcement at Public Water
Systems throughout the U.S. (Including Those in Indian Country)
Inventory of Public Water Systems by Size
From the end of December 2012 to the end of December 2013, the active7 PWSs in the U.S. decreased by
less than 1 percent from 150,848 to 149,912. The population served decreased by 1 percent from 320
million consumers at the end of December 2012 to almost 317 million consumers at the end of December
2013 to 149,912 active PWSs, serving almost 317 million consumers. This variability is relatively
consistent with the past three years. The proportion of small PWSs to the total number of PWSs remained
consistent with previous years at 94 percent.
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systems serving more than 3,300 customers (i.e., medium and large systems) are grouped together
throughout this Report. See Appendix for definitions of medium and large systems. Small PWSs include
both community water systems (those systems that serve the same individuals year-round), as well as
non-community systems serving at least 25 people for at least 60 days per year. PWSs can be divided into
community and non-community water systems. Some examples of non-community systems include
offices, schools, hospitals, gas stations and parks with their own water supply.
PWSs with Significant Violations of Any Type
In 2013, about 73 percent (109,574) of PWSs in the U.S., serving approximately 77 percent of the
population, had no significant violation of any type, as reported by primacy agencies8. Significant
7 For purposes of this Report, active PWSs are defined as those PWSs that were still operating on December 31,
2013. This would include PWSs that are only operating during part of the year, such as summer campgrounds. Any
system reported by its primacy agency to be de-activated prior to December 31, 2013 is not included in this Report;
neither are its violations. In other reportings, such as for the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA),
active PWSs are defined differently.
8 All references to populations served throughout this Report are approximate, because most receive drinking water
from more than one system (e.g., at home, at work, at parks or at commercial establishments, etc.). Therefore,
adding the number of consumers of all system types would result in a number greater than the entire U.S.
population.
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violations include all violations of health-based standards, including exceedances of maximum
contaminant levels (MCLs) and maximum residual disinfectant levels (MRDL)s and violations of
treatment technique (TT) rules; certain notification violations (i.e., complete failure to provide required
notification); and certain monitoring and reporting violations (failure to sample or to report results during
a compliance period). Significant violations were reported for 40,338 PWSs in calendar year 2013,
representing about 27 percent of all active PWSs. This is an increase from 24 percent in calendar year
2012. The increase was mainly due to the cyclical nature of the chemical contaminant group rules
monitoring requirements. The chemical contaminant group rule addresses over seventy contaminants. To
standardize, simplify and consolidate the monitoring requirements for these rules, EPA developed a
standardized monitoring framework, which requires PWSs, to monitor on three, six or nine year
schedules. The standard monitoring framework increases public health protection by simplifying
monitoring plans and synchronizing monitoring schedules leading to increased compliance with
monitoring requirements.
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More than 67 percent of all significant violations reported were monitoring and reporting violations. The
graph below shows that the greatest number of PWSs had violations of this type. Note that the total of the
numbers of systems in the graph below is greater than the 40,338 PWSs with significant violations of at
least one National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR), because some systems had significant
violations of multiple NPDWRs.
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Number and Percentage of PWSs with Significant
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PWSs with Health-Based Violations
Based on data reported by primacy agencies, 93 percent of PWSs (140,103) had no reported violations of
health-based standards. Conversely, 7 percent of PWSs (9,809) did have reported health-based violations.
These PWSs with reported health-based violations served approximately 26.5 million consumers in 2013.
EPA's health-based standards are designed to protect human health by preventing the occurrence of
unsafe levels of contaminants in drinking water. Health-based standards include MCLs, MRDLs and TTs.
An MCL is the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. An MRDL is the highest
level of a disinfectant residual that is allowed in the drinking water. A TT is a required treatment process
(such as filtration or disinfection) intended to prevent the occurrence of or deactivate a contaminant in
drinking water. TTs are adopted where it is not economically or technologically feasible to monitor the
level of a contaminant, such as microbes, where even single organisms that occur unpredictably or
episodically can cause adverse health effects.
It is important to note that when a PWS violates a health-based standard, the consumers served by that
system may be at an increased risk of illness depending upon several factors, including the type and
concentration of the contaminant and the duration and the magnitude of the exceedance. PWSs that
exceed MCLs or MRDLs or fail to meet minimum TT requirements are required to notify their consumers
about the possibility of these increased health risks.
Public Water Systems with Significant Monitoring and Reporting Violations
If a system does not monitor the quality of its water, it is impossible for consumers and primacy agencies
to know whether the water being served is meeting health-based standards. For this reason, a system's
failure to monitor and report for an entire compliance period is a significant monitoring and reporting
violation that must be addressed and corrected. In calendar year 2013, primacy agencies reported
significant monitoring and reporting violations for about 18 percent of all PWSs (27,056). Approximately
48 percent of the 27,056 PWSs in 2013 had at least one violation of monitoring and reporting
requirements of the Total Coliform Rule (TCR). Unlike the other NPDWRs, the TCR and the
nitrate/nitrite regulations apply to all PWSs. Moreover, the TCR requires that many PWSs monitor
multiple times per year, thus increasing the likelihood of the primacy agency reporting a TCR violation.
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Violations Reported Most Frequently
In calendar year 2013, primacy agencies reported 16,802 health-based violations at 9,809 PWSs as well as
107,940 significant monitoring and reporting violations at 27,056 PWSs. Monitoring and reporting (M/R)
violations for the Chemical Contaminant Group were the most frequent M/R violations, at 57 percent.
The higher frequency of M/R violations for the Chemical Contaminant Group is likely because a single
monitoring sample may be used for various inorganic and organic contaminants. Compliance with many
organic and inorganic standards is determined on the basis of a sample being analyzed for multiple
contaminants, with one missed sample resulting in M/R violations for each of those contaminant
standards.
The following graph shows the rates at which significant violations were reported to have occurred in
2013, by rule. The rules or rule categories in the graph include:
¦ Chem -- Chemical Contaminant Group. This category includes rules for synthetic organic, volatile
organic, inorganic (except for lead and copper) and radioactive contaminants.
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¦ LCR -- Lead and Copper Rule.
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water treatment rule (LT1ESWTR), long-term 2 enhanced surface water treatment rule
(LT2ESWTR), surface water treatment rule (SWTR), interim enhanced surface water rule (IESWTR)
and filter backwash recycling rule (FBRR).
¦ DBPR -- Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule and Stage 2 Disinfectants and
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subject to numerous rules and standards, depending on their size, type and source of water. A large
system may be required to sample as many as 480 times in one month under the TCR, with the potential
for 5,760 health-based violations in a year for that rule at that one system. A small PWS may be required
to sample just once a month under the same rule. Similarly, failure to take one required sample that is
used to test for multiple contaminants results in separate monitoring and reporting violations for each
contaminant tested for in the sample.
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PWSs with Violations of Variances or Exemptions
Under federal law, EPA and primacy agencies can grant variances or exemptions to PWSs in limited
circumstances allowing them to install alternative technology or giving them more time to meet a
standard if public health is adequately protected in the interim. Five violations of variances or exemptions
were reported by primacy agencies during calendar year 2013.
Primacy Agencies and EPA Response to Violations
Assistance
State primacy agencies and EPA engage in a variety of compliance, financial and technical assistance
activities to help PWSs achieve, maintain or return to compliance. These activities are often general and
ongoing, while others are targeted to specific systems or NPDWRs. Examples include:
¦ Conducting on-site visits and sanitary surveys at PWSs (e.g., an on-site review of the water sources,
facilities, equipment, operations and maintenance to evaluate their adequacy in producing and
distributing safe drinking water); sanitary surveys are required to be conducted at PWSs every three
to five years.
¦ Helping PWSs identify and implement preventive measures;
¦ Providing financial assistance for system improvements through the Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund;
¦ Reviewing water system plans and specifications;
¦ Conducting training sessions;
¦ Holding public information meetings;
¦ Lending specialized monitoring equipment, such as handheld equipment; and
¦ Publishing information and providing training events and other educational opportunities.
PWSs often return to compliance on their own without assistance or other primacy agency response.
Informal Enforcement
When a drinking water violation is identified and a PWS does not resolve the violation on its own, or
compliance assistance does not return the violating system to compliance, EPA program implementation
guidelines direct the primacy agency to initiate an enforcement response. Generally, the primacy agency's
first response to violations are informal actions such as field visits, reminder letters, telephone calls,
warning letters and notices of violation.
Formal Enforcement
If a violation continues or recurs, the primacy agency must initiate a formal enforcement response that
requires the violating PWS to return to compliance under an enforceable timetable. Formal enforcement
responses include citations, administrative orders with or without penalties, civil referrals to state or
Navajo Nation attorneys general, or the U.S. Department of Justice, filing criminal charges and other
sanctions. The timetable establishes when a PWS must have taken all corrective actions needed to return
to compliance. This may be years, particularly when new construction and/or equipment are needed to
return a PWS to compliance. If there is a risk to public health, EPA and those entities with primacy,
including the Navajo Nation, can issue emergency orders that require the PWS to immediately take action
to protect public health and return the system to compliance.
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Prioritization of Systems for Enforcement
In 2010, EPA and primacy agencies began implementing a revised Enforcement Response Policy (ERP),
which changed the prioritization process to one that is more protective of public health. The policy lays
out expectations for timely and appropriate enforcement response. All unresolved violations not already
under formal enforcement at each PWS are considered in the prioritization process. PWSs are then ranked
according to the seriousness of their violations, with acute health-based violations weighted most heavily.
This ranking allows primacy agencies to distinguish the systems with the most serious noncompliance
and to allocate enforcement resources accordingly. More detail about the prioritization and expectations
for primacy agencies can be found in the ERP on EPA's web site at
http://www2.epa.gov/enforcement/proposed-revision-enforcement-response-policy-public-water-system-
supervision-pwss.
A decrease in the number of PWSs classified as priorities for enforcement was seen from 2012 (6,352) to
2013 (5,026). About 3 percent of all PWSs were enforcement priorities at least once during 2013. This is
down from 4 percent of all PWSs in 2012. Approximately 1-2 percent of all PWSs were enforcement
priorities in any given quarter, as primacy agencies implemented the ERP. Because systems typically
become priorities for enforcement actions after multiple violations over a sustained period, the number of
PWSs classified as enforcement priorities is less than the number of systems with at least one significant
violation. Because the systems in priority status are targeted for enforcement actions, primacy agencies
generally focus their resources on addressing these systems before systems with single violations.
In 2013, EPA and primacy agencies together initiated 9,791 enforcement actions9 in response to drinking
water violations at PWSs within their jurisdictions. Not all activities that agencies conduct to bring a
system into compliance are counted in this report. Those enforcement actions that are counted include a
variety of administrative, civil and criminal actions and other actions that primacy agencies used to
address violations. Examples of actions not counted in this report are boil water orders, compliance
meetings conducted and formal notices of violations issued. Generally, the primacy agency's first
responses to violations are informal actions such as reminder letters, warning letters, notices of violation,
field visits and telephone calls. In 2013, primacy agencies initiated an additional 120,950 informal
enforcement actions with 90 actions occurring in tribal lands. The vast majority of these actions were
taken by primacy states. EPA has primacy in Wyoming, the District of Columbia and in Indian country,
except for most of the Navajo Nation. EPA's actions were primarily in these areas where it has primacy.
EPA also initiates enforcement actions in primacy states, often at a state's request.
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It is important to note that the number of enforcement actions in a year does not necessarily correlate with
the violations that are reported in the same year. Most violations are resolved without the need for
enforcement action of any kind. Many enforcement actions are initiated against violations that occurred in
a previous year. One enforcement action may address numerous violations at the same system. It is also
important to note that it may take several years for a system to return to full compliance once an
enforcement action is initiated, such as when new treatment technology must be financed, procured,
installed, and brought online.
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Part 2. Summary of Compliance, Enforcement and Financial
Assistance at Public Water Systems in Indian Country
Implementation of SDWA in Indian Country
This section of the Report provides information for PWSs in Indian country where EPA has primacy and
most PWSs in the Navajo Nation.1" The data exclude PWSs in Alaskan Native Villages. The state of
Alaska is the primacy agency with oversight responsibility for PWSs for Alaska Native Villages. The data
also exclude 18 PWSs serving Native Americans that are located in Oklahoma, as EPA is reviewing the
designation of the land in which they are located. Information on these facilities is aggregated with all
PWSs in the respective state reports for Alaska and Oklahoma.11 Details on the Navajo Nation can be
found in Appendix B.
Inventory of PWSs by Size in Indian Country
In 2013, 993 PWSs served almost 1.3 million consumers in Indian country. Small PWSs comprised 91
percent of all PWSs in Indian country serving approximately 41 percent of the approximately 1.3 million
people who received water from PWSs. This is in contrast to the U.S. as a whole where small PWSs
comprise 94 percent of all PWSs and serve approximately 12 percent of all consumers. The percentage of
small PWSs in Indian country with violations is greater than the percentage of small PWSs outside of
Indian country with violations. The definitions of small, medium and large systems can be found in
Population Served in Indian
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PWSs with Significant Violations of Any Type in Indian Country
In 2013, EPA and the Navajo Nation reported that 54 percent or 537 of the 993 PWSs in Indian country
for which they have primacy, serving approximately 789,621 consumers, had no significant violation of
any type. Conversely, 46 percent of PWSs had at least one significant violation reported, approximately
1.7 times the rate outside of Indian country (27 percent). The rate declined from the previous year.
Fluctuations from one year to the next occur due to the large number of systems and potential violations.
111 Federally-recognized Indian tribes may apply for primacy to administer the drinking water program provided they
meet the requirements of Sections 1413 and 1451 of the SDWA. Only the Navajo Nation maintains primacy for
most PWSs on the Navajo Reservation. EPA maintains primacy for the rest of Indian country.
11 Alaska and Oklahoma do not separate tribal information from non-tribal information in their state reports.
Appendix A.
PWSs in Indian Country
by Size in 2013
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In addition, fluctuations may be due to the cyclical nature of the chemical contaminant group monitoring
requirements which are on a three to nine-year reduced monitoring schedule. The chemical contaminant
group consists of over seventy contaminants. To reduce the complexity of monitoring, EPA developed the
standardized monitoring framework outlining monitoring schedules covering three to nine year periods.
While the general decline in this rate since 2009 is important, EPA considers this percentage of
significant violations to be too high and that further actions are necessary to improve noncompliance.
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PWSs with Health-Based Violations in Indian Country
In Indian country, 12 percent of PWSs (120 systems) had health-based violations in 2013 versus 7 percent
outside of Indian Country. These PWSs served 15 percent (195,574) of consumers in 2013.
PWSs with Significant Monitoring and Reporting Violations in Indian Country
If a PWS does not monitor the quality of its water, it is impossible to know if drinking water standards are
being met. For this reason, a significant failure to monitor and report is a major violation that must be
addressed and corrected. Overall, the most frequently reported violations are significant monitoring and
reporting violations, both inside and outside of Indian country. In 2013, 40 percent of PWSs (393
systems) in Indian country had significant monitoring and reporting violations, which is 2 percent lower
and 25 fewer systems than the rate of 42 percent reported in 2012.
Violations Reported Most Frequently in Indian Country
The most frequently reported contaminant-related violation among all PWSs in Indian country was
monitoring and reporting under the Chemical Contaminant Group (89 percent). Exceedances of the MCL
for the Chemical Contaminant Group were the most frequently reported health-based violations, making
up 39 percent of all health-based violations in Indian country.
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during 2013.
EPA Response to Improve Compliance and Address Violations in Indian Country - Assistance and
Enforcement
In 2013, EPA devoted significant personnel and financial resources to improve compliance and respond
to violations in Indian country. The PWSs in Indian country consist mainly of smaller PWSs that face
significant financial and technical challenges in complying with NPDWRs.
Assistance for PWSs in Indian Country
EPA engages in a variety of compliance, financial and technical assistance activities to help PWSs for
which they have primacy remain in and/or return to compliance. These activities are often generic and
ongoing, while others are targeted to specific PWSs. Examples include:
¦ Conducting on-site visits and sanitary surveys at PWSs (e.g., an on-site review of the water sources,
facilities, equipment, operations and maintenance to evaluate their adequacy in producing and
distributing safe drinking water); sanitary surveys are required to be conducted at community water
systems every three years and at non-community water systems every five years.
¦ Helping PWSs identify and implement preventive measures;
¦ Providing financial assistance for system improvements through the Drinking Water Infrastructure
Tribal Set-Aside program;
¦ Holding public information meetings;
¦ Lending specialized monitoring equipment, such as handheld equipment; and
¦ Publishing information and providing training and other educational opportunities.
In many cases, EPA coordinates its assistance with other federal agencies, including the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Service's Indian Health Service, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural
Utilities Service and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of
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Reclamation. In addition, EPA works with non-governmental organizations and inter-tribal consortia,
including the Native American Water Association, the National Rural Water Association and the Rural
Community Assistance Partnership to ensure compliance at PWSs in Indian country.
PWSs often return to compliance on their own without assistance or other EPA and non-EPA responses.
Prioritization for Enforcement12
EPA and the Navajo Nation implement an "Enforcement Response Policy" (ERP) to prioritize and
address and resolve noncompliance using a PWS-by-PWS approach to protect public health.13 The ERP
also lays out expectations for timely and appropriate enforcement response. All unresolved violations at
each PWS are considered in the prioritization process. Acute health-based violations are weighted most
heavily in the prioritization. All PWSs are ranked according to the severity of their unresolved violations.
This ranking allows EPA and the Navajo Nation to distinguish the PWSs with the most serious
noncompliance and to allocate enforcement resources accordingly.
If a PWS is owned or operated by a tribal government, EPA's enforcement response is also guided by the
"Guidance on the Enforcement Principles Outlined in the 1984 Indian Policy" (EPA Enforcement
Principles);14 the EPA Enforcement Principles are not applicable to Navajo Nation enforcement activity.
EPA works to integrate the ERP and the EPA Enforcement Principles and ensure that the results do not
result in a lesser degree of human health and environmental protection in Indian country than elsewhere in
the U.S.
If there is risk to public health, EPA or the Navajo Nation can issue emergency orders that require the
PWS to immediately take action to protect public health and return the system to compliance.
Initial Response to Violations in Indian Country
When a drinking water violation is identified and a PWS has not returned to compliance, EPA's program
implementation guidelines direct the primacy agency to initiate an enforcement response. Generally, EPA
or the Navajo Nation's first response to violations are informal actions such as field visits, reminder
letters, telephone calls, short written compliance plans, warning letters and notices of violation.
Enforcement for Violations in Indian Country
If a violation continues or recurs, EPA and the Navajo Nation must initiate a formal enforcement response
that requires the violating PWS to return to compliance under an enforceable timetable. EPA applies the
ERP and the EPA Enforcement Principles and the Navajo Nation applies the ERP. Formal enforcement
responses include notices of violation, administrative orders with or without penalties, civil referrals to
the Navajo Nation Department of Justice or to the U.S. Department of Justice, filing criminal charges and
other sanctions. The timetable establishes when a PWS must have taken all corrective actions needed to
12 Enforcement actions counted in this Report include a variety of administrative, civil and criminal actions and
other actions that primacy agencies use to address violations.
13 All primacy agencies began implementing the ERP in 2010. The previous approach prioritized systems for
enforcement based on the violations under each regulation separately. The ERP is available at
http://www2.epa.gov/enforcement/proposed-revision-enforcement-response-policy-public-water-system-
supervision-pwss.
14 The EPA Enforcement Principles document is available at http://www2.epa.gov/enforcement/transmittal-final-
guidance-enforcement-principles-outlined-1984-indian-policy-january-17.
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return to compliance. This may be years, particularly when new construction and/or equipment are needed
to return a PWS to compliance.
About 10 percent (96) of all PWSs in Indian country were priorities for enforcement at least once during
2013. This is down from 14 percent (139 PWSs) in 2012. The percentage of Indian country PWSs in
priority status each quarter fluctuated between 4 and 6 percent. Comparatively, the rates at PWSs in the
U.S. as a whole was 3 percent. In 2013, EPA and the Navajo Nation took 55 enforcement actions in
Indian country.
It is important to note that the number of enforcement actions in a year does not necessarily correlate with
the violations that are reported in the same year. The reason they do not correlate may include that:
(1) most violations are resolved without the need for enforcement action of any kind, (2) many
enforcement actions are initiated against violations that occurred in a previous year, and (3) one
enforcement action may address numerous violations at the same PWS. It is also important to note that it
may take several years for a PWS to return to full compliance once an enforcement action is initiated,
such as when new treatment technology must be financed, procured, installed and brought online.
EPA Financial Assistance for PWSs in Indian Country
EPA provides financial assistance to tribes to help build water system infrastructure and improve
compliance with SDWA requirements.
From the national PWSS program's allotment for FY2013, EPA set aside $6,425,000 for activities in
Indian country. These funds were available to support the Navajo Nation (as a primacy agency), assist
tribes developing primacy programs and individual program components and support EPA primacy
(direct implementation) activities in Indian country. These funds were used for activities such as:
¦ Providing technical assistance to owners and operators of water systems;
¦ Maintaining compliance data systems;
¦ Compiling and analyzing compliance information;
¦ Responding to violations; and
¦ Conducting sanitary surveys.
EPA distributes funds to improve the infrastructure of PWSs to achieve compliance. Each year, 2 percent
of the appropriation for the national Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program is set aside for
American Indian communities and Alaska Native Villages. The FY2013 set-aside amounted to
$17,227,000. These funds were used for the following:
¦ Distribution and transmission system improvements;
¦ Community water system extensions;
¦ Storage facilities;
¦ Treatment improvements; and
¦ Construction of new pump houses.
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Part 3. Conclusions and Recommendations
Compliance and Enforcement Public Water Systems throughout the U.S.
The data reported by primacy agencies indicate that 73 percent of PWSs in the U.S. had no significant
violation of any type. Conversely. 27 percent of PWSs did have at least one significant violation. That
rate was 24 percent of all PWSs in 2012. Significant violations include any health-based violation and
certain notification violations. They also include certain monitoring and reporting violations where the
facility fails to report water sampling results.
The data reported by primacy agencies indicated that 7 percent of PWSs, serving about 26.5 million
consumers, had violations of health-based standards in 2013, which increased slightly from 6 percent of
PWSs in 2012. EPA believes that these rates are too high and that additional efforts are necessary to
improve compliance.
In 2013, about 27,056, or 18 percent, of all PWSs had monitoring and reporting violations that were
determined to be significant. This rate increased from 2012. Failure to monitor and report prevents
systems and consumers from knowing whether drinking water standards are being met.
There was a decrease in the percentage of PWSs that were classified as priority systems for enforcement
under the SDWA ERP from 4 percent in 2012 to 3 percent in 2013. Systems typically become priorities
for enforcement actions after multiple violations over a sustained period, so the number of PWSs
classified as enforcement priorities is less than the number of systems with at least one significant
violation. Because the systems in priority status are targeted for enforcement actions, primacy agencies
generally focus their resources on addressing these systems before systems with single violations. This
targeted enforcement may have lead to the slight decrease in percentage of PWSs classified as
enforcement priorities, while there was an increase in percent of PWSs with at least one significant
violation from 2012 to 2013.
Compliance and Enforcement at Public Water Systems in Indian Country
In 2013, EPA and the Navajo Nation reported that 46 percent of PWSs (456 systems) in Indian country
had a significant violation of some type. Since 2009, this rate has dropped from 52 to 42 percent.
About 10 percent of all PWSs in Indian country were enforcement priorities at least once during 2013.
Approximately 4 to 6 percent of all systems in Indian country were enforcement priorities in any given
quarter. Furthermore, twelve percent of the PWSs in Indian country had health-based violations and forty
percent had significant monitoring and reporting violations in 2013. The high percentage of significant
monitoring and reporting violations is of concern because if a system does not monitor and report on the
quality of its water, it is impossible to know if health-based standards are being met. EPA is working to
address these rates by integrating the 2009 ERP and EPA's Guidance on the Enforcement Principles
Outlined in the 1984 Indian Policy. This includes consultation and coordination with tribes; compliance,
financial and technical assistance; and civil inspections and enforcement activity to ensure the same
degree of human health and environmental protection in Indian country as elsewhere in the U.S.
Overarching Conclusions
The rate at which significant violations occur, according to data provided by primacy agencies, have
shown an increase from 2012. The majority of these violations were due to the cyclical nature of the
chemical contaminant group monitoring requirements were are on a three to nine-year schedule. Even
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with the increase in reported violations, primacy agencies used their resources to address violations at the
systems identified as enforcement priorities. Since implementing the ERP in 2010, the number of PWSs
classified as enforcement priorities decreased from 4 percent to 3 percent of all PWSs. This decrease
reflects efforts on the part of EPA and states to provide assistance and other informal means to prevent
noncompliance, address data quality issues, address violations in a timely manner and return violating
PWSs to compliance as expeditiously as possible. Nevertheless, EPA believes that violation rates are too
high and that additional efforts are necessary to improve compliance.
EPA recognizes that there are higher rates of significant noncompliance in drinking water systems in
Indian country than those outside of Indian country. EPA is increasing its efforts to prevent and address
noncompliance in Indian country in an effort to reduce the disparity.
Compliance statistics are based on violations reported by primacy agencies to SDWIS/FED. EPA is aware
of inaccuracies and underreporting of some data in this system. EPA is working with primacy agencies
and internally to improve the quality of the data.
Recommendations
1. Continue to Improve Compliance
States, territories. Navajo Nation and EPA should continue working together and with the regulated
entities to return violating systems to compliance, as efficiently and effectively as possible. Pursuing the
more holistic, systems-based approach to addressing noncompliance in all primacy agencies is an
important element of improving performance among PWSs. EP A will aggressively push compliance in
states that have a high number of priority systems to address those systems.
2. Improve Data Quality
Data completeness and accuracy must remain a high priority for EPA and the primacy agencies. Without
high quality data from primacy agencies, EPA cannot fulfill its responsibility to fully assess the state of
compliance of the nation's PWSs and to communicate to the public, Congress and other oversight bodies.
Some of the next steps EPA. states and the drinking water stakeholders have agreed to undertake include:
¦ Providing online error reporting on EPA's ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online.
http://wwvY.epa-ccho.gov/echo/) web site containing data on PWS compliance;
¦ Encouraging states to issue regular reminders to water systems of their compliance monitoring
schedules;
¦ Negotiating grant conditions with several states to encourage them to follow quality assurance/quality
control plans for drinking water violation data reported to EPA and address the differences in
interpretation of the regulation; and
¦ Working with all states to implement the EPA Order CIO 2105.0 addressing requirements for quality
management systems.
3. Continue to Implement the 2009 Enforcement Response Policy
Primacy agencies will continue to pursue enforcement actions against violating PWSs - including those in
Indian country - both to expeditiously return systems to compliance and to deter future violations. EPA
and primacy agencies will continue to implement the 2009 ERP. which has already decreased the number
of PWSs in serious noncompliance.
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EPA will continue to work with primacy agencies as they implement the ERP by providing training and
support as needed.
4. Continue to Develop Capacity at Smaller Public Water Systems
EPA will continue its efforts to support PWSs serving 10,000 or fewer consumers through the capacity
development program and other sustainability efforts. Recognizing the challenges facing these drinking
water systems, EPA provides tools and assistance to develop system capacity (the technical, financial and
managerial capacity of a system to provide safe drinking water). The program also provides information
about treatment technology options for small systems. EPA's capacity development efforts include:
¦ Numerous assistance activities, such as on-site visits and the distribution of easy-to-read guides and
checklists.
¦ The Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (LGEAN) web site, a source of
information on current and developing SDWA requirements (as well as technical assistance, peer
counseling and financial guidance). LGEAN can be accessed on the internet at www.lgean.org or by
calling toll-free 1-877-TO-LGEAN (865-4326).
¦ The Financing for Environmental Compliance web site providing financial and technical assistance
resources to help communities create a plan to finance environmental capital assets. The web site can
be accessed at: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/assistance/financing/steps.
¦ Tools and resources assisting small PWSs with implementing drinking water regulations and
managing their PWSs while providing adequate public health protection can be accessed at
http://water.epa.gov/type/drink/pws/smallsystems/index.cfm.
¦ Additional tools and resources to support system sustainability can be accessed at
http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/sustain/index.cfm.
5. Continue to Increase Transparency of Data
EPA believes that raising the public's awareness of the violations at PWSs will encourage PWSs to
improve their compliance. In addition to the information in this Report, data on the numbers and types of
PWSs, populations served, source water, violations, enforcement actions and more are presented in
various other formats on EPA's public web site at the following URLs:
http://water.epa.gov/scitech/datait/databases/drink/sdwisfed/howtoaccessdata.cfm
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/
http://www.epa-otis.gov/echo/compliance_report_sdwa.html.
Readers should be aware that data in these reports and others using SDWIS/FED data may differ
somewhat, depending on the specific queries used to generate each report.
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Appendix A
Glossary of Terms
Administrative Order
Formal enforcement actions issued by EPA or a state requiring action to address noncompliance at a
public water system, usually by means of a compliance schedule with enforceable milestone dates.
Chemical Rules
Refers collectively to regulations that protect the public from unsafe levels of organic chemicals,
inorganic chemicals (including lead and copper) and radioactivity in drinking water.
Community Water System
A PWS that serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least
25 year-round residents (e.g., homes, apartments and condominiums that are occupied year-round as
primary residences).
Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Rule
Requires community water systems to prepare and provide to their consumers annual consumer
confidence reports on the quality of the water delivered by the systems.
Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (DBPR)
Applies to community water systems and nontransient non-community systems that add a disinfectant to
the drinking water during any part of the treatment process. The Stage 1 DBPR specifically addresses
risks associated with disinfectants and disinfection byproducts. This rule was published concurrently with
the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR), which addresses control of microbial
pathogens. The Stage 2 DBPR strengthens public health protection for customers of systems that deliver
disinfected water by requiring such systems to meet maximum contaminant levels as an average at each
compliance monitoring location (instead of as a system-wide average as in previous rules) for two groups
of DBPs: total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and five haloacetic acids (HAA5).
Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO)
A Web tool developed and maintained by EPA's OECA for public use. The ECHO Web site provides
compliance and enforcement information for approximately 800,000 regulated facilities nationwide,
http: //echo. epa.gov/
Enforcement Response Policy (ERP)
On December 8, 2009, EPA issued the Public Water System Supervision Program Enforcement Response
Policy (ERP), which establishes a water system-based approach to defining, prioritizing and addressing
noncompliance with federal requirements. The ERP can be found on EPA's web site at
http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/drinking_water_erp_2009.pdf.
Federally-recognized Indian Tribe
An Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, community, or Alaska Native Village that the Secretary of the
Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe pursuant to the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List
Act of 1994, 25 U.S.C. Section 479a. Maintained by the Department of the Interior. The list of federally-
recognized tribes is updated periodically and published in the Federal Register. The latest list of federally-
recognized Indian tribes is available at 75 Federal Register (FR) 60810 (October 1, 2010).
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Filter Backwash Recycling Rule (FBRR)
The FBRR requires PWSs that recycle to return specific recycle flows through all processes of the
system's existing conventional or direct filtration systems or at an alternative location approved by the
state.
Ground Water Rule (GWR)
The GWR establishes a risk-targeted approach to identify Ground Water Systems (GWSs) susceptible to
fecal contamination and requires corrective action to correct significant deficiencies and source water
fecal contamination in public GWSs.
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Widely occurring class of disinfection byproducts formed during disinfection with chlorine and
chloramine. HAA5 includes monochloro-. dichloro-. trichloro-. monobromo- and dibromo-haloacetic
acids.
Health-based Violation
A violation of a Maximum Contaminant Level, Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level, or a Treatment
Technique requirement.
Indian Country
Indian Country means a) all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the
United States Government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and, including rights-of-way
running through the reservation, (b) all dependent Indian communities within the borders of the United
States whether within the original or subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or
without the limits of a state and (c) all Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which have not been
extinguished, including rights-of-way running through the same.
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR)
Applies to PWSs using surface water, or ground water under the direct influence of surface water, and
serve more than 10,000 persons. The rule also includes provisions for states to conduct sanitary surveys
for surface water PWSs regardless of system size.
Large System
Large systems are those public water systems that serve more than 10,000 people. For purposes of this
Report, medium systems, which serve 3,301 to 10,000 people, are included in the discussions of large
systems.
Lead and Copper Rule (LCR)
Requires a PWS to take steps to minimize the risk of exposure to lead and copper in drinking water by
monitoring for these contaminants, installing corrosion control where required and, where necessary,
educating the public about ways to reduce exposure. A system may also be required to treat its source
water or replace lead service lines.
Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT1ESWTR)
Strengthens control of microbial contaminants, particularly Cryptosporidium, for systems serving fewer
than 10,000 consumers. It is the smaller system counterpart of the IESWTR.
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2ESWTR)
Targets additional Cryptosporidium treatment requirements to higher risk systems.
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Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL)
The maximum permissible level of a contaminant in water delivered to any user of a public water system.
Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL)
The maximum permissible level of a residual disinfectant in water delivered to any user of a public water
system.
Medium System
Medium systems are those public water systems that serve 3,301 to 10,000 people. For purposes of this
Report, medium systems are included in the discussions of large systems.
Monitoring and Reporting Violation
Refers to either a violation of a monitoring and reporting schedule or a violation of contaminant-specific
minimum testing schedules and operational reporting requirements. Those monitoring and reporting
violations considered "significant" for the purposes of the state and national PWS compliance reports are
described below in Table A-l.
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs)
Legally enforceable standards that apply to public water systems. Primary standards protect public health
by limiting the levels of contaminants in drinking water.
Non-transient Non-community Water System
A non-community PWS that regularly serves at least 25 of the same persons over six months per year. A
typical example of a non-transient non-community water system is a school or an office building that has
its own water source, such as a drinking water well.
Primacy
The SDWA requires EPA, states and tribes to work as partners to ensure delivery of safe drinking water
to the public. Any state or Indian Tribe can request responsibility for operation and oversight of the
drinking water program within its borders. In order to receive this responsibility (called "primary
enforcement authority" or "primacy"), a state or Tribe must show that, among other things, it has adopted
drinking water regulations that are at least as stringent as federal regulations and demonstrated its
capacity both to enforce those regulations and to implement other activities necessary to ensure
compliance.
In the absence of state or Tribal primacy, EPA assumes responsibility for administering the drinking
water program for that area. Of the 56 eligible States (defined to include Commonwealths, Territories and
the District of Columbia), all but Wyoming and the District of Columbia have primacy. During calendar
year 2013, the EPA Regional Offices administered the drinking water program within these two
jurisdictions and on all Tribal lands, except for the Navajo Nation.
Public Notice (PN) Rule
The PN Rule requires all PWSs to notify their consumers any time a PWS violated a national primary
drinking water regulation or has a situation posing a risk to public health. Notices must be provided to
persons served (not just billing consumers).
Public Water System (PWS)
A system for the provision to the public of water for human consumption through pipes or other
constructed conveyances, if such system has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves at least 25
individuals at least 60 days out of the year. A public water system can be a community water system, a
non-transient non-community water system, or a transient non-community water system.
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Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) program
A program authorized by SDWA that supervises implementation of the SDWA regulatory requirements
and thereby helps ensure that the public receives safe and adequate supplies of drinking water.
Radionuclides
Radioactive particles, such as radium-226, radium-228, gross alpha and beta particle/photon radioactivity,
can occur naturally in water or may result from human activity. EPA has established MCLs for uranium,
beta/photon emitters, alpha emitters and combined radium 226/228.
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
The main federal law that ensures the quality of Americans' drinking water. Under the SDWA. EPA sets
standards for drinking water quality and oversees the states, localities and water suppliers who implement
those standards.
Safe Drinking Water Information System/Federal (SDWIS/FED)
The federal database that contains information submitted by states. EPA regions and public water systems
in conformance with reporting requirements established by the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and
related regulations and guidance.
Significant Noncompliance
Violating PWSs identified as those that are the highest priority for enforcement. All unresolved violations
not already under formal enforcement at each system are considered in the prioritization process. Acute
health-based violations are weighted most heavily in the prioritization with minor violations weighted
least.
Significant Violations
Significant violations include all violations of health-based standards, including exceedances of
Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs), Maximum Residual Disinfectant Levels (MRDLs) and violations
of treatment technique (TT) requirements; certain notification violations (i.e., complete failure to provide
required notification); and major monitoring and reporting violations (failure to sample or to report results
during a compliance period).
Small PWSs
Small systems, for purposes of this Report, are those that serve no more than 3,300 consumers.
Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR)
The Surface Water Treatment Rule requires a public water system served by surface water or by ground
water under the influence of surface water to take steps (such as disinfection, filtration followed by
disinfection, or watershed control) to reduce potential exposure to microbiological contamination.
Total Coliform Rule (TCR)
The Total Coliform Rule establishes limits on coliform bacteria in water distribution systems. Although
coliform bacteria, which are found in decaying organic material and in the intestinal tract of humans and
animals, are usually not harmful to human health, their presence may indicate the presence of other, more
dangerous microbial contamination.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Widely occurring class of disinfection byproducts formed during disinfection with chlorine and
chloramine. TTHM includes chloroform, bromoform. bromodichloromethane and
dibromochloromethane.
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Transient Non-community Water System
A non-community water system that does not regularly serve at least 25 of the same persons over six
months per year (Note - see 40 CFR 141.2). A typical example is a campground or a highway rest stop
that has its own water source, such as a drinking water well.
Treatment Technique (TT)
In cases where EPA has determined it is not technically or economically feasible to establish an MCL, the
Agency can instead specify a treatment technique. These are treatment methods required by EPA to
minimize the level of a contaminant in drinking water.
Variances and Exemptions
A public water system that cannot comply with a drinking water standard because of poor source water
quality, or, in the case of small PWSs, inadequate financial resources, can be granted a variance to
comply with less stringent, but still protective standards based on a specific EPA-approved technology
available to the system. An exemption allows a PWS with compelling circumstances (including economic
considerations) additional time to achieve compliance with applicable SDWA requirements, so long as
public health is adequately protected.
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TABLE A-l: SIGNIFICANT MONITORING AND REPORTING VIOLATIONS FOR
ANNUAL STATE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM COMPLIANCE REPORTS
Rule
Violation T\ pe
Descriplion
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Violation
(ode1
SDWIS
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Total Coliform Rule
Major routine
No samples collected during a compliance
period.
23
3100
Major repeat
No follow-up samples collected after a positive
total coliform sample or no speciation.
25
3100
Surface Water Treatment
Major (filtered)
Collected less than 90 percent of samples
required during a compliance period.
36
0200
Rule
Major (unfiltered)
Collected less than 90 percent of samples
required during a compliance period.
31
0200
Major
Failure to produce and/or report to state
individual filter profile within 7 days of
exceedance (>0.5 NTU in 2 consecutive
measurements taken 15 minutes apart after the
first 4 hours of operation after filter backwash or
otherwise taken offline).
Major
Failure to produce and/or report to state
individual filter profile within 7 days of
exceedance (>1.0 NTU in 2 consecutive
measurements taken 15 minutes apart).
Interim Enhanced
Major
Failure to conduct and/or report to state a self-
assessment of an individual filter within 14 days
of exceedance (>1.0 NTU in 2 consecutive
measurements taken 15 minutes apart in each of
3 consecutive months).
29
Surface Water Treatment
Rule/
Long Term 1 Enhanced
Surface Water Treatment
Rule
Major
Failure to have a CPE conducted by state or third
party no later than 30 days after exceedance
(>2.0 NTU in 2 consecutive measurements taken
15 minutes apart in 2 consecutive months) and
have the CPE completed and submitted to the
state no later than 90 days following the
exceedance.
0300
Major
Failure to collect and report at least 90 percent of
required samples.
Major
Failure to report that the system has conducted
all individual filter monitoring to the state within
10 days after the end of each month.
38
Major
Failure to report that the system has exceeded 1.0
NTU (or maximum set by state) in representative
samples by end of next business day.
N/A
Failure to maintain the results of individual filter
monitoring for at least 3 years.
9
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Long Term 2 Enhanced
Surface Water Treatment
Major
Failure to conduct source water monitoring
32
0800
Major
Failure to submit bin determination
33
0800
Lead and
Copper Rule
Initial lead and
copper tap
Either failed to collect the initial tap samples and
then failed to correct that omission within a) 3
months for large systems, b) 6 months for
medium systems or c) 12 months for small
systems; or failed to submit the associated report.
51
5000
Follow-up or routine
lead and copper tap
Failure to collect 1 or more required samples.
52
5000
Stage 1 and Stage 2
Disinfectant and
Disinfection Byproducts
Regular monitoring
Failure to collect any required samples2.
27,30,35
By contaminant
Ground Water Rule
Monitoring
Monitoring of Treatment (unfiltered/GWR)
31
0700
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Phase I, II, IIB and
V Rules
Regular monitoring
Failure to collect any required samples2.
3,4
By contaminant
Radionuclides
Regular monitoring
Failure to collect any required samples2.
3,4
4000,4100,
4010, 4006,
4101,4102,4174
1 EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS/FED) makes no distinction between the sampling violations and the reporting violations
associated with a sample collection requirement. Both violations are reported under the same violation code.
2 Failure to collect "any required samples" means none of the required samples were collected.
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TABLE A-2: SUMMARY OF DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS FOR
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS DURING 2013
Applicability of Regulations
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Appendix B
Summaries of Primacy Agency Annual
Compliance Reports
This Appendix presents a summary of each primacy agency report in a standardized format. The format includes an
overall summary of the violations data specified in Section 1414 of the 1996 SDWA Amendments (i.e., violations
with respect to Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs), Treatment Technique (TT) requirements, significant
monitoring and reporting requirements, significant notification violations and variances and exemptions).
This Appendix does not interpret the state reports. Therefore, other factors must be taken into account before drawing
conclusions about a program. For example, PWSs are required to report all violations to the primacy agency, but
drinking water programs vary in the regulations they choose to emphasize. A primacy agency that focuses attention and
resources on one particular rule may have discovered and reported many more violations of that rule than a primacy
agency that chose to focus on a different rule. A disproportionate number of violations in a state, commonwealth,
territory, or tribe could also indicate that the primacy agency needs to work with its PWSs to improve their compliance.
Readers are cautioned to view the violations data provided in the summaries within the context of each primacy agency
and its individual drinking water program.
In 2013, EPA received Public Water System Compliance Reports from 42 of the 55 primacy states, commonwealths,
territories and tribes. As in past years, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and Navajo Nation did
not submit reports and, with limited exceptions, did not supply information to SDWIS/FED. EPA did not receive reports
from 13 primacy agencies as indicated in Table B-l. Appendix B supplies what information is available in SDWIS/FED
to indicate violations at public water systems in the states, commonwealths, territories and tribes that did not submit
compliance reports in 2013.
EPA prepared reports for the District of Columbia and Wyoming, both of which did not have primary enforcement
responsibility for drinking water in calendar year 2013.
Violations for 2013
EPA summarizes the number of MCL, MDRL, TT and significant monitoring and reporting violations15 reported by
each state in six categories:
• Violations of chemical contaminant requirements16;
• Violations of the Total Coliform Rule;
• Violations of the Surface Water Treatment Rule, Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Long Term 1
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Rule and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule;
• Violations of the Lead and Copper Rule;
• Significant Consumer Confidence Rule Violations; and
• Violations of the Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rules.
EPA summarizes the numbers of individual public water systems in violation in each of these six categories, as reported
by the state. If a state's report did not include information in a category, EPA's summary notes the omission.
15 A comprehensive definition of significant monitoring and reporting violations appears in Appendix A.
16 MCL and significant monitoring violations for organic, inorganic, nitrate and nitrite and radionuclide contaminants.
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2013 Totals
EPA also summarizes the total number of systems in each state, the total number of significant violations reported and
the total number of PWSs in violation, if the state reported this information. When states did not provide information
on the total number of public water systems, EPA supplied that information from the SDWIS/FED.
Systems in Violation
Systems in violation are defined as the number of different systems with a reported violation of this type. Some states
counted a system with multiple violations or violations in more than one category as one violating system. Other states
counted a violating system each time it had a violation, or once for each of the regulatory categories in which it had a
violation. If EPA's review of a state's report indicated some violating systems were counted more than once, an asterisk
notes that the state's number possibly over counts violating systems.
Variances and Exemptions
Five violations of variances or exemptions were reported by the primacy agencies during 2013.
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual Public Water Systems Compliance Report
If a primacy agency's report includes information on how to obtain a copy of the report, the information is provided on
the primacy agency's summary page in this Appendix. In addition, Table B-3 presents a summary of the primacy agency
reports available on the Internet. In some cases, the web site provided by the primacy agency does not contain the 2013
report. These web sites are still included in the summary table.
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Table B-1: Summary of Elements Reported in the 2013 State Compliance Reports
State
Submitted
Report
Violation Categories
Reported
on V/E
Provided
Inventory
Information
Identified
Size and
Type of
Violating
Systems
Discussed
Compliance
and
Enforcement
Responses
Identified
Each System
with MCL
andTT
Violations
Provided
Information
to Public
on
Availability
Provided
Additional
Information1
CCR
MCL
M/R
TT
Alabama
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Alaska
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
American
Samoa
DID NOT SUBMIT REPORT
Arizona
DID NOT SUBMIT REPORT
Arkansas
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
California
DID NOT SUBMIT REPORT
Colorado
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Connecticut
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Delaware
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
District of
Columbia
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Florida
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Georgia
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Guam
DID NOT SUBMIT REPORT
Hawaii
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Idaho
DID NOT SUBMIT REPORT
Illinois
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Indiana
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Iowa
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Kansas
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Kentucky
X
X
X
X
X
X
Louisiana
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Maine
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Maryland
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Massachusetts
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Michigan
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Minnesota
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Mississippi
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Missouri
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Montana
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Navajo Nation
DID NOT SUBMIT REPORT
Nebraska
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Nevada
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
New Hampshire
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
New Jersey
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
New Mexico
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
New York
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
North Carolina
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
North Dakota
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Northern
Mariana Islands
DID NOT SUBMIT REPORT
Ohio
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Oklahoma
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Oregon
DID NOT SUBMIT REPORT
Pennsylvania
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Puerto Rico
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Rhode Island
X
X
X
X
X
X
South Carolina
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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Table B-1: Summary of Elements Reported in the 2013 State Compliance Reports
State
Submitted
Report
Violation Categories
Reported
on V/E
Provided
Inventory
Information
Identified
Size and
Type of
Violating
Systems
Discussed
Compliance
and
Enforcement
Responses
Identified
Each System
with MCL
andTT
Violations
Provided
Information
to Public
on
Availability
Provided
Additional
Information1
CCR
MCL
M/R
TT
South Dakota
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Tennessee
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Texas
DID NOT SUBMIT REPORT
Utah
DID NOT SUBMIT REPORT
Vermont
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Virgin Islands
DID NOT SUBMIT REPORT
Virginia
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Washington
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
West Virginia
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Wisconsin
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Wyoming
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
1. An "X" in this column indicates the state submitted more information in its report than the minimum EPA recommends in guidance.
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Table B-2: Summary of the Total Number of Regulated Systems, Systems with Significant
Violations and Significant Violations Reported in the 2013 State Compliance Reports or SDWIS/FED
State
Total
Number of
Regulated
Systems
Total Number of
Systems with
Significant
Violations
Total
Number of
Significant
Violations
Alabama
609
107
587
Alaska
1,505
659
4,527*
American Samoa
86
85
2,685
Arizona
1,539
926
3,637
Arkansas
1,109
268
620
California
7,725
1,345
2,473
Colorado
2,008
541**
3,379
Connecticut
2,523
NR
3,445
Delaware
485
NR
125
District of Columbia
8
2
7
Florida
5,360
810
2,407*
Georgia
NR
NR
2,600
Guam
10
4
5
Hawaii
132
5
5
Idaho
1,950
700
1,851
Illinois
5,683
278***
4,305
Indiana
4,122
1,174
2,039
Iowa
1,899
463**
911
Kansas
1,011
150
382
Kentucky
NR
NR
898
Louisiana
1,406
663
1,596
Maine
1,876
767**
1,105
Maryland
3,396
751
1,239
Massachusetts
NR
NR
2,314
Michigan
10,962
1,461
2,478*
Minnesota
6,897
2611
450
Mississippi
NR
NR
123
Missouri
2,716
NR
1,801
Montana
NR
NR
6,810
State
Total
Number of
Regulated
Systems
Total Number of
Systems with
Significant
Violations
Total
Number of
Significant
Violations
Navajo Nation
161
85
1,544
Nebraska
1,311
264
516*
Nevada
578
230
75 Z
New Hampshire
2,436
NR
926
New Jersey
3,753
NR
3,018
New Mexico
1,121
625
1,587
New York
8,604
3,289
5,886
North Carolina
5,872
NR
3,636
North Dakota
654
187
325
Northern Mariana Islands
65
15
31
Ohio
NR
NR
2,340
Oklahoma
1,692
709
2,393
Oregon
2,536
1,072
4,360
Pennsylvania
8,958
3,076
19,031*
Puerto Rico
468
NR
2,938
Rhode Island
486
123
164*
South Carolina
1,444
94
170*
South Dakota
646
142
466*
Tennessee
813
128
721
Texas
6,942
3,661
10,543
Utah
1,024
510
3,945
Vermont
1,370
NR
880
Virgin Islands
268
181
315
Virginia
2,746
682
2,530*
Washington
4,100
1,032
4,069
West Virginia
982
390
307
Wisconsin
11,409
NR
1,887
Wyoming
802
141
215
*The total number of violations in the report differs from the calculated total.
**Possible over counting of violating systems.
***Non-community violating systems and some non-community violations are not included.
t Systems violating MCL, Treatment Technique, and Consumer Notification (does not include systems violating only Monitoring and Reporting Rules).
Note: The data in italics are from SDWIS because an annual compliance report was not submitted.
NR - The information was not reported in the 2013 State Compliance Report submitted by the primacy agency.
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Table B-3: Summary of 2013 State Compliance Report Web Sites
State
Web Site
Alabama
http://www.adem.state.al. us/program s/water/waterforms/2
012PWSVComplianceReport.pdf*
Alaska
http://www.dec.state.ak.us/eh/dw/dwmain/ACR_vio.html
American Samoa
Arizona
Arkansas
http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programsServices/enviro
nmentalHealth/Engineering/Pages/ReportsandForms.aspx
California
Colorado
http://www.colorado.gov/cdphe/dw
Connecticut
http://www.ct.gov/dph/publicdrinkingwater
Delaware
http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/hsp/odw.html
District of
Columbia
http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/drinking/dc.htm
Florida
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/drinkingwater
Georgia
http://www.gaepd.org
Guam
Hawaii
http ://h ealt h. hawai i .gov/sdwb/
Idaho
http://www.deq.idaho.gov/water-quality/drinking-
water/pws-switchboard.aspx
Illinois
http://www.epa.state.il.us/water/compliance/drinking-
water/compliance-report/index.html
Indiana
http ://www. i n. gov/i dem/5093. htm
Iowa
http://www.iowadnr.gov/lnsideDNR/RegulatoryWater/Drinki
ngWaterCompliance/AnnualComplianceReport.aspx
Kansas
http://www.kdheks.gov/pws/annual_compliance
_reports.htm
Kentucky
http://water.ky.gov/DrinkingWater/Pages/AnnualComplianc
eReports.aspx
Louisiana
http://www.dhh.la.gov/SafeDrinkingWater
Maine
Maryland
http://www.mde.state.md.us
Massachusetts
http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/water/drinkin
g/water-systems-ops.html#1
Michigan
http ://www. m ich igan. gov/deq
Minnesota
http://www.health.state.mn.us/water/
Mississippi
Missouri
http://www.dnr.mo.gov/pubs/pub2507.pdf
Montana
http://www.deq.mt.gov/wqinfo/pws/default.mcpx
State
WebSite
Navajo Nation
Nebraska
http://dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/pages/enh_pwsindex.aspx
Nevada
http://ndep.nv.gov/BSDW/oversight.htm
New Hampshire
http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/dwgb/annual
_report.htm
New Jersey
New Mexico
http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/dwb/
New York
http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/water/drinking/
North Carolina
http://ncwater.org/files/pws/annual/2013AnnualCompliance
Report.pdf
North Dakota
http://www.ndhealth.gov/mf/forms/acr/2013acr.pdf
Northern
Mariana Islands
Ohio
Oklahoma
http://www.deq.state.ok.us/
Oregon
Pennsylvania
http://www.dep.state.pa.us
Puerto Rico
http://www.salud.gov.pr/
Rhode Island
http://www.health.ri.gov/publications/annualreports/2013Dr
inkingWaterQualityCompliance.pdf
South Carolina
http:///www.scdhec.gov/water
South Dakota
http://denr.sd.gov/des/dw/complianceinfo.aspx
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
www.drinkingwater.vt.gov
Virgin Islands
Virginia
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/ODW/compliance/annualReport
.htm
Washington
http://www.doh.wa.gov/CommunityandEnvironment/Drinkin
gWater/RegulationandCompliance/Enforcement/EPAViolat
ionReports.aspx
West Virginia
http://www.wvdhhr.org/oehs/eed/c%26e/reports.asp
Wisconsin
http://dnr.wi.gov/files/PDF/pubs/DG/DG0045.pdf
Wyoming
http://www2.epa.gov/region8/wyoming-drinking-water-
program
B-6
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State Compliance Report Summaries
Alabama B-8
Alaska B-9
American Samoa B-10
Arizona B-ll
Arkansas B-12
California B-13
Colorado B-14
Connecticut B-15
Delaware B-16
District of Columbia B-17
Florida B-18
Georgia B-19
Guam B-20
Hawaii B-21
Idaho B-22
Illinois B-23
Indiana B-24
Iowa B-25
Kansas B-26
Kentucky B-27
Louisiana B-28
Maine B-29
Maryland B-30
Massachusetts B-31
Michigan B-3 2
Minnesota B-3 3
Mississippi B-34
Missouri B-35
Montana B-3 6
Navajo Nation B-37
Nebraska B-3 8
Nevada B-3 9
New Hampshire B-40
New Jersey B-41
New Mexico B-42
New York B-43
North Carolina B-44
North Dakota B-45
Northern Mariana Islands B-46
Ohio B-47
Oklahoma B-48
Oregon B-49
Pennsylvania B-50
Puerto Rico B-51
Rhode Island B-52
South Carolina B-53
South Dakota B-54
Tennessee B-55
Texas B-56
Utah B-57
Vermont B-58
Virgin Islands B-59
Virginia B-60
Washington B-61
West Virginia B-62
Wisconsin B-63
Wyoming B-64
B-7
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State of Alabama 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
2
2
333
45*
Total Coliform Rule
18
16
18
15
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
0
0
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
7
6
Consumer Confidence Report
0
0
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
40
17
0
0
165
45*
Ground Water Rule
0
0
4
4
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
609
Total Number of Systems in Violation
107
Total Number of Violations
587
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Alabama's 2013 State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Contact Name: Tom DeLoach
Telephone: (334) 271-7791
Email: tsd@adem.state.al.us
Web site: http://www.adem.state.al.us
B-8
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State of Alaska 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
26
11
2,233
158
Total Coliform Rule
36
27
820
399
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
89
44
499
124
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
17
12
209
116
Consumer Confidence Report
198
131
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
42
15
2
2
291
98
Ground Water Rule
51
26
14
3
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,505
Total Number of Systems in Violation
659
Total Number of Violations
4,527*
*The total number of violations in the report (4,645) differs from the calculated total (4,527) partially because of the inclusion of 47 public
notification violations.
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Alaska's 2013 State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Environmental Health
Drinking Water Program
555 Cordova Street
Anchorage, AK 99501-2617
Contact Name: Jeanine Vance
Telephone: (907) 269-2007
Fax: (907) 269-7650
Email: jeanine.vance@alaska.gov
Contact Name: Kelly Cobbs
Telephone: (907) 269-7630
Fax: (907) 269-7655
Email: kelly.cobbs@alaska.gov
Web site: http://www.dec.state.ak.us/eh/dw/dwmain/ACR_vio.html
B-9
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State of American Samoa 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
3
1
2264
35*
Total Coliform Rule
2
1
277
84
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
56
8
0
0
Lead and Copper Rule
o
o
35
11
Consumer Confidence Report
19
9
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
3
1
0
0
15
2
Ground Water Rule
0
0
11
6
*Possibie over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
86
Total Number of Systems in Violation
85
Total Number of Violations
2,685
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
EPA did not receive the 2013 Annual Report prior to the deadline required for publication and generated data from SDWIS/FED.
B-10
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State of Arizona 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
102
40*
781
106*
Total Coliform Rule
76
60
891
505
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
2
2
47
3
Lead and Copper Rule
o
o
361
242
Consumer Confidence Report
954
475
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
0
0
1
1
357
106
Ground Water Rule
0
0
65
55
*Possibie over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,539
Total Number of Systems in Violation
926
Total Number of Violations
3,637
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
EPA did not receive the 2013 Annual Report prior to the deadline required for publication and generated data from SDWIS/FED.
B-ll
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State of Arkansas 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
15
7
0
0
Total Coliform Rule
104
79
216
159
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
21
12
20
Q
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
y
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
3
3
36
25
Consumer Confidence Report
69
65
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
42
19
77
12
17
14
Ground Water Rule
0
0
0
0
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,109
Total Number of Systems in Violation
268
Total Number of Violations
620
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Arkansas' State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Contact Name: Robin Michaels
Telephone: (501) 661-2623
Fax: (501) 661-2032
Email: robin.michaels@arkansas.gov
Web site: http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programsServices/environmentalHealth/Engineering/Pages/ReportsandForms.aspx
B-12
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State of California 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
437
139*
59
51*
Total Coliform Rule
Ol. J
256
303
259
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
127
42
5
4
Lead and Copper Rule
10
9
595
465
Consumer Confidence Report
467
314
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
103
52
16
13
15
8
Ground Water Rule
0
0
13
13
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
7,725
Total Number of Systems in Violation
1,345
Total Number of Violations
2,473
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
EPA did not receive the 2013 Annual Report prior to the deadline required for publication and generated data from SDWIS/FED.
B-13
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State of Colorado 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
431
46*
2,169
230*
Total Coliform Rule
34
31
252
185
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
42
26
82
38
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
64
60
Consumer Confidence Report
32
31
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
39
10
0
0
202
113
Ground Water Rule
6
6
26
19
* Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
2,008
Total Number of Systems in Violation
541*
Total Number of Violations
3,379
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Colorado's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
WQCD - Drinking Water CAS
Attention: Annual Compliance Report
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246
Phillip Stanwood
Safe Drinking Water Compliance Assurance Section
Telephone: (303) 692-3502
Email: Phillip.Stanwood@state.co.us
Web site: http://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/drinking-water-consumer-information
B-14
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State of Connecticut 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
26
13
2,502
188
Total Coliform Rule
208
148
361
289
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
0
0
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
4
4
130
114
Consumer Confidence Report
113
88
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
6
3
0
0
40
23
Ground Water Rule
0
0
55
49
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
2,523
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
3,445
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Connecticut's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site and clicking on the "Publications/Reports" button on the left column:
Web site: http://www.ct.gov/dph/publicdrinkingwater
B-15
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State of Delaware 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
15
9
0
0
Total Coliform Rule
55
41
0
0
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
0
0
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
28
22
Consumer Confidence Report
25
25
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
1
1
NR
NR
0
0
Ground Water Rule
NR
NR
1
1
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
485
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
125
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Delaware's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Office of Drinking Water
Division of Public Health
43 S. DuPont Hwy.
Dover, DE 19901
Telephone: (302) 741-8630
Fax: (302) 741-8631
Web site: http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/hsp/odw.html
B-16
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District of Columbia 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
0
0
0
0
Total Coliform Rule
2
2
3
2
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
1
1
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
0
0
Consumer Confidence Report
0
0
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rules
Ground Water Rule
1
1
0
0
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
8
Total Number of Systems in Violation
2
Total Number of Violations
7
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report:
District of Columbia's Report is available by contacting:
Wendy Gray, P.E.
District of Columbia PWSS Direct Implementation Team Leader
U.S. EPA Region III
Drinking Water Branch
Mail Code 3WP21
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Telephone: (215)814-2320
Fax: (215)814-2302
Email: gray.wendy@epa.gov
Web site: http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/drinking/dc.htm
B-17
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State of Florida 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
26
19
1,030
204
Total Coliform Rule
110
96
424
232
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
0
0
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
1
1
35
34
Consumer Confidence Report
23
23
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
141
54
0
0
173
87
Ground Water Rule
2
2
442
355
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
5,360
Total Number of Systems in Violation
810
Total Number of Violations
2407*
*The total number of violations in the report (2,410) differs from the calculated total (2,407) because of the inclusion of the 3 public
notification violations.
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Florida's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by writing to:
Attn: Drinking Water Program
2600 Blairstone Road, MS 3520
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400
Web site: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/drinkingwater
B-18
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State of Georgia 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
7
6*
28
7*
Total Coliform Rule
76
62
287
203
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
1
1
1
1
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
5
5
1,130
746
Consumer Confidence Report
1,039
723
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
15
R
R
R
9
Rules
Ground Water Rule
NR
NR
NR
NR
*Possibie over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
NR
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
2,600
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Georgia's State Report is available by contacting:
Department of Natural Resources
Environmental Protection Division
Drinking Water Program
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Suite 1362
Atlanta, GA 30334
Telephone: (404) 657-8282
B-19
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Guam 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
o
o
o
o
Total Coliform Rule
1
1
2
2
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
o
o
o
o
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
1
1
Consumer Confidence Report
1
1
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ground Water Rule
0
0
0
0
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
10
Total Number of Systems in Violation
4
Total Number of Violations
5
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
EPA did not receive the 2013 Annual Report prior to the deadline required for publication and generated data from SDWIS/FED.
B-20
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State of Hawaii 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
0
0
0
0
Total Coliform Rule
4
4
0
0
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
0
0
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
0
0
Consumer Confidence Report
0
0
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
0
0
0
0
1
1
Rules
Ground Water Rule
0
0
0
0
*Possibie over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
132
Total Number of Systems in Violation
5
Total Number of Violations
5
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Hawaii's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Department of Health
Environmental Management Division
Safe Drinking Water Branch
919 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 308
Honolulu, HI 96814-4920
Attention: Joanna L. Seto, P.E., Engineering Program Manager
Telephone: (808) 586-4258
Fax: (808) 586-4351
Email: sdwb@doh.hawaii.gov
Web site: http://health.hawaii.gov/sdwb/
B-21
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State of Idaho 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
27
12*
880
128*
Total Coliform Rule
174
132
OO I
255
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
41
9
6
Q
O
Lead and Copper Rule
1
1
82
74
Consumer Confidence Report
0
0
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
2
1
0
0
61
38
Ground Water Rule
154
69
92
80
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,950
Total Number of Systems in Violation
700
Total Number of Violations
1,851
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
EPA did not receive the 2013 Annual Report prior to the deadline required for publication and generated data from SDWIS/FED.
Up-to-date data for public water systems in Idaho can be found on the state web site at:
http://www.deq.idaho.gov/water-quality/drinking-water/pws-switchboard.aspx
B-22
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State of Illinois 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
911
341"
CM
LO
CO
21*1"
Total Coliform Rule
1521"
1001"
1271"
791"
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
7
1
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
L
L
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
4
4
73
69
Consumer Confidence Report
149
128
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
20
8
0
0
152
108
Ground Water Rule
0
0
7t
6t
* Community Water Systems only. Data are unavailable for Non-Community Water Systems.
tThese figures have not been verified with Local health department staff who have direct oversight for these water systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
5,683
Total Number of Systems in Violation
278*
Total Number of Violation
4,305
* Community Water Systems only. Data are unavailable for Non-Community Water Systems.
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Illinois' State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Illinois EPA
Division of Public Water Supplies, Compliance Assurance Section, Bureau of Water
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794
Contact: Jeri Long
Email: jeri.long@illinois.gov
Telephone: (217) 785-0561
Fax: (217) 557-1407
Web site: http://www.epa.state.il.us/water/compliance/drinking-water/compliance-report/index.html
B-23
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State of Indiana 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
48
29*
543
197*
Total Coliform Rule
355
306
795
636
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
A
1
1
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
I
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
167
131
Consumer Confidence Report
74
69
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
5
4
0
0
48
21
Ground Water Rule
1
1
1
1
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
4,122
Total Number of Systems in Violation
1,174
Total Number of Violations
2,039
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Indiana's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
Office of Water Management
Drinking Water Branch
Web site: http://www.in.gov/idem/5093.htm
Telephone: (317) 234-7435
B-24
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State of Iowa 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
71
27
321
296*
Total Coliform Rule
127
82
197
144
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
1
1
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
12
12
8
4
Consumer Confidence Report
34
34
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules"
5
4
0
0
112
95*
Ground Water Rule
0
0
23
22
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,899
Total Number of Systems in Violation
463*
Total Number of Violations
911
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Iowa's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Iowa Department of Natural Resources-Water Supply
502 E. 9th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0034
Web site: http://www.iowadnr.gov/lnsideDNR/RegulatoryWater/WaterSupplyEngineering/AnnualComplianceReport.aspx
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State of Kansas 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
101
31*
45
25*
Total Coliform Rule
41
37
60
47
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
5
3
NR
NR
Lead and Copper Rule
NR
NR
27
23
Consumer Confidence Report
25
25
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
36
13
23
7
8
6
Ground Water Rule
5
5
5
5
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,011
Total Number of Systems in Violation
150
Total Number of Violations
382
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Kansas' State Report is available by accessing the state's Web site:
Web site: http://www.kdheks.gov/pws/
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State of Kentucky 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
o
0
150
43*
Total Coliform Rule
13
12
48
29
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Q
£
135
73*
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
159
129
Consumer Confidence Report
278
155
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
22
9
6
2
66
37*
Ground Water Rule
0
0
12
11
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
NR
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
898
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Kentucky's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site:
http://water.ky.gov/DrinkingWater/Pages/AnnualComplianceReports.aspx
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State of Louisiana 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
14
4
NR
NR
Total Coliform Rule
96
85
312
159
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
NR
NR
73
O
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
o
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
3
2
62
33
Consumer Confidence Report
107
69
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
169
51
11
9
563
417
Ground Water Rule
141
134
45
31
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,406
Total Number of Systems in Violation
663
Total Number of Violations
1,596
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Louisiana's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
LDHH-OPH, Engineering Services
P.O. Box 4489
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Attn: Caryn Benjamin
Telephone: (225) 342-7499
Web site: www.dhh.la.gov/SafeDrinkingWater
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State of Maine 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
14
8*
188
146*
Total Coliform Rule
169
123
619
378
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
7
O
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
O
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
44
44
Consumer Confidence Report
12
12
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
11
5
0
0
28
27
Ground Water Rule
1
1
12
12
*Possibie over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,876
Total Number of Systems in Violation
767*
Total Number of Violations
1,105
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
The 2013 State Report did not provide information regarding public availability.
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State of Maryland 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring*
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
66
26
133
85*
Total Coliform Rule
398
335*
282
107
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
1
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
4
4
L
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
19
19
130
128
Consumer Confidence Report
74
67
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
66
5
2
2
62
33
Ground Water Rule
NR
NR
1
1
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
3,396
Total Number of Systems in Violation
751
Total Number of Violations
1,239
Where to Obtain 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Report
Maryland's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site:
Web site: http://www.mde.maryland.gov
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State of Massachusetts 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
9
6*
1,019
105*
Total Coliform Rule
362
227
408
251
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
O
O
Q
A*
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
0
0
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
158
73
197
132
Consumer Confidence Report
65
56
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
R
n*
1
1
15
R
Rules
Ground Water Rule
1
1
61
52
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
NR
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
2,314
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Massachusetts' 2013 State Report is available by accessing the state's web site:
Web site: http://www.mass.goV/eea/agencies/massdep/water/drinking/water-systems-ops.html#1
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State of Michigan 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
67
60
816
557
Total Coliform Rule
372
325
942
787
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
0
0
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
46
45
112
103
Consumer Confidence Report
11
11
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
1
1
1
1
73
39
Ground Water Rule
4
4
33
30
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
10,962
Total Number of Systems in Violation
1,461
Total Number of Violations
2,478*
*The total number of violations in the report (2,480) differs from the calculated total (2,478) partially because of the inclusion of public
notification violation.
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Michigan's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Noncommunity and Private Drinking Water Unit
Drinking Water and Environmental Health Section (DWEHS)
Mr. Daniel Dettweiler
Telephone: (517) 284-6525
Email: dettweilerd@michigan.gov
Community Drinking Water Unit
Field Operations Section
Ms. Kristen Philip
Telephone: (517) 284-6518
Email: philipk@michigan.gov
Web site: http://www.michigan.gov/deq
Click Water, then Drinking Water, then Community Water Supply
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State of Minnesota 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
50
50*
14
11
Total Coliform Rule
195
192*
81
68
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
33
21*
11
o*
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
NR
NR
30
30*
Consumer Confidence Report
5
5
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
1
1
NR
NR
30
29
Ground Water Rule
NR
NR
NR
NR
* Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
6,897
Total Number of Systems in Violation
261*
Total Number of Violations
450
*Systems violating MCL, Treatment Technique and Consumer Notification (does not include systems violating only Monitoring and Reporting
Rules).
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Minnesota's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Minnesota Department of Health
Drinking Water Protection Section
P.O. Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
Telephone: (651) 201-4700
Web site: http://www.health.state.mn.us/water/
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State of Mississippi 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
NR
NR
NR
NR
Total Coliform Rule
4
4
6
5
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
NR
NR
NR
NR
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
NR
NR
17
16
Consumer Confidence Report
92
85
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
NR
NR
NR
NR
4
3
Ground Water Rule
NR
NR
NR
NR
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
NR
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
123
* May include systems that only violated the Public Notification Rule.
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
The 2013 State Report did not provide information regarding public availability.
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State of Missouri 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
69
15
192
183*
Total Coliform Rule
429
240
589
362
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
14
7
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
NR
NR
57
57
Consumer Confidence Report
277
277
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
58
29*
28
18*
NR
NR
Ground Water Rule
15
15
73
43
*Possibie over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
2,716
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
1,801
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Missouri's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Water Protection Program
Public Drinking Water Branch
P.O. Box 176
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176
Telephone: (800) 361-4827 or (573) 751-5331
Web site: http://www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/dw-index.htm
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State of Montana 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
78
29*
4,218
586*
Total Coliform Rule
227
141
979
397
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
26
14
33
O
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
o
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
16
15
435
272
Consumer Confidence Report
394
229
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
44
8
4
1
128
52
Ground Water Rule
1
1
227
159
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
NR
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
6,810
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Montana's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Contact: Eugene Pizzini
P.O. Box 200901
Helena, MT 59620-0901
Telephone: (406) 444-6972
Fax: (406) 444-1375
Email: epizzini@mt.gov
Web site: http://www.deq.mt.gov/wqinfo/pws/index.asp
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State of Navajo Nation 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
56
19*
1395
52*
Total Coliform Rule
10
8
44
23
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
0
0
0
0
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
10
9
Consumer Confidence Report
8
8
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
5
4
0
0
7
2
Ground Water Rule
0
0
9
6
* Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
161
Total Number of Systems in Violation
85
Total Number of Violations
1,544
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report:
EPA did not receive the 2013 Annual Report prior to the deadline required for publication and generated data from SDWIS/FED.
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State of Nebraska 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
105
44*
30
30*
Total Coliform Rule
246
180*
120
104
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
O
1
A
1
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
O
4
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
0
0
Consumer Confidence Report
0
0
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
6
2
0
0
2
2
Rules
Ground Water Rule
0
0
0
0
* Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,311
Total Number of Systems in Violation
264
Total Number of Violations
516*
*The total number of violations in the report (399) differs from the calculated total (403).
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report:
Nebraska's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site, visiting county libraries in the state or by contacting:
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Public Health
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 95026
Lincoln, NE 68509-5026
Contact: Jo Ann Wagner
Telephone: (402) 471-2541 or (402) 471-0520
Fax: (402) 471-6436
Email: joann.wagner@nebraska.gov
Web site: http://dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/pages/enh_pwsindex.aspx
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State of Nevada 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
81
20*
284
57
Total Coliform Rule
36
27
'155
104
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
0
0
1
1
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
10
1
27
16
Consumer Confidence Report
34
13
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
2
1
0
0
51
33*
Ground Water Rule
1
1
3
3
* Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
578
Total Number of Systems in Violation
230
Total Number of Violations
752*
*The total number of violations in the report (760) differs from the calculated total (752) partially because of the inclusion of public notification
violations.
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Nevada's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or visiting county libraries in the state.
Web site: http://ndep.nv.gov/BSDW/oversight.htm
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State of New Hampshire 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
84
40*
195
47*
Total Coliform Rule
232
172
241
217
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
0
0
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
5
5
22
22
Consumer Confidence Report
39
39
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
R
0
0
q
7
Rules
Ground Water Rule
42
42
49
44
*Possibie over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
2,436
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
926
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
New Hampshire's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
Water Division, Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau
29 Hazen Drive
P.O. Box 95
Concord, NH 03302-0095
Contact: Terri Sabbia
Telephone: (603) 271-2923
Email: theresa.sabbia@des.nh.gov
Web site: http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/dwgb/annual_report.htm
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State of New Jersey 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
44
26*
1,848
233*
Total Coliform Rule
363
285
400
306
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
A
35
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
O
4
O
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
27
27
Consumer Confidence Report
82
82
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
8
5
2
2
64
34
Ground Water Rule
3
3
137
73
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
3,753
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
3,018
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
The 2013 State Report did not provide information regarding public availability.
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State of New Mexico 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
117
37
13
7
Total Coliform Rule
72
57
268
161
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
26
14
17
O
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
o
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
304
162
Consumer Confidence Report
487
248
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
13
5
19
13
80
51
Ground Water Rule
79
52
92
64
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,121
Total Number of Systems in Violation
625
Total Number of Violations
1,587
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
New Mexico's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
New Mexico Environment Department Drinking Water Bureau
Telephone: (877) 654-8720
Web site: http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/dwb/
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State of New York 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
NR*
NR*
NR*
NR*
Total Coliform Rule
NR*
NR*
NR*
NR*
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
NR*
NR*
NR*
NR*
Lead and Copper Rule
NR*
NR*
NR*
NR*
Consumer Confidence Report
NR*
NR*
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
NR*
NR*
NR*
NR*
NR*
NR*
Ground Water Rule
NR*
NR*
NR*
NR*
*State submitted the information without a breakdown by rule.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
8,604
Total Number of Systems in Violation
3,289
Total Number of Violations
5,886
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
New York's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
New York State Department of Health
Telephone: (800) 458-1158 or (518) 402-7650
Email: bpwsp@health.state.ny.us
Web site: http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/water/drinking/
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State of North Carolina 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
47
22'
2,356
1805*
Total Coliform Rule
39
30
545
314
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
0
0
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
14
14
91
88
Consumer Confidence Report
98
84
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
103
39
1
1
275
125
Ground Water Rule
0
0
67
67
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
5,872
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
3,636
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
North Carolina's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
NCDENR
Public Water Supply Section
1634 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1634
Attention: Hornlean Chen
Telephone: (919) 707-9068
E-mail: Hornlean.Chen@ncdenr.gov
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State of North Dakota 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
1
1
7
7
Total Coliform Rule
39
29
181
121
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
1
1
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
7
7
Consumer Confidence Report
6
6
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
0
0
0
0
76
49
Ground Water Rule
0
0
7
7
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
654
Total Number of Systems in Violation
187
Total Number of Violations
325
*The total number of violations in the report (236) differs from the calculated total (256).
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
North Dakota's State Report is available by contacting:
North Dakota Department of Health
Division of Municipal Facilities
918 E. Divide Avenue, 3rd Floor
Bismarck, ND 58501-1947
Attention: LeeAnn Tillotson
Telephone: (701) 328-5211
Fax: (701) 328-5200
Email: ltillots@nd.gov
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Northern Mariana Islands 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
o
o
0
o
Total Coliform Rule
1
1
5
4
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
0
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
o
0
19
9
Consumer Confidence Report
3
3
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
0
0
3
3
0
0
Ground Water Rule
0
0
0
0
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
65
Total Number of Systems in Violation
15
Total Number of Violations
31
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
EPA did not receive the 2013 Annual Report prior to the deadline required for publication and generated data from SDWIS/FED.
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State of Ohio 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
16
11
640
121
Total Coliform Rule
396
274
482
405
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
7
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
O
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
18
15
211
194
Consumer Confidence Report
103
80
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
39
25
0
0
319
163
Ground Water Rule
1
1
108
103
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
NR
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
2,340
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
The 2013 State Report did not provide information regarding public availability.
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State of Oklahoma 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations Category
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
192
57*
409
94*
Total Coliform Rule
126
102*
845
487*
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
39
21
0
0
Lead and Copper Rule
2
2
109
93
Consumer Confidence Report
45**
33**
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
367
124
82
31
132
59
Ground Water Rule
0
0
45
37
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
**CCR and PN are reported together.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,692
Total Number of Systems in Violation
709
Total Number of Violations
2,393
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report:
Oklahoma's State report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Department of Environmental Quality
Water Quality Division, 7th Floor
707 N. Robinson
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1677
By mail:
Department of Environmental Quality
Water Quality Division
P.O. Box 1677
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1677
Contact: Jamie Henson
Web site: http://www.deq.state.ok.us
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State of Oregon 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
48
16
1963
195*
Total Coliform Rule
188
140
659
456
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
27
17
433
78
Lead and Copper Rule
28
20
156
103
Consumer Confidence Report
149
53
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
6
2
2
2
99
47
Ground Water Rule
3
3
599
350
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
2,536
Total Number of Systems in Violation
1,072
Total Number of Violations
4,360
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report:
EPA did not receive the 2013 Annual Report prior to the deadline required for publication and generated data from SDWIS/FED.
Up-to-date data for public water systems in Oregon can be found on the state web site at:
http://170.104.63-9/
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State of Pennsylvania 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
114
62
14,131
999
Total Coliform Rule
552
399
1,372
959
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
41
10
265
100
Lead and Copper Rule
19
19
183
176
Consumer Confidence Report
171
171
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
43
23*
21
12
1,024
533*
Ground Water Rule
143
110
952
375
* Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
8,958
Total Number of Systems in Violation
3,076
Total Number of Violations
19,031*
*The total number of violations in the report (24,796) differs from the calculated total (19,031) partially because of the inclusion of 3,749
public notification violations.
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Pennsylvania's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
P.O. Box 8467, 10th Floor RCSOB
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8467
Telephone: (717) 772-4018
Web site: http://www.dep.state.pa.us
Keyword: drinking water
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Puerto Rico 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
o
o
617
42*
Total Coliform Rule
168
94*
1,871
235
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
NR
NR
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
102
74
Consumer Confidence Report
0
0
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
35
11
61
14
84
32
Ground Water Rule
NR
NR
23
13
* Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
468
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
2,938
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Puerto Rico's Report is available by accessing the territory's web site or by contacting:
Department of Health
Public Water Supply Supervision Program
la Avenida Ponce de Leon, #431 Edificio Nacional Plaza
Suite 903
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00917
EPA Region 2, New York
Eng. Nicole Kraft
290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866
Web site: http://www.salud.gov.pr
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State of Rhode Island 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
6
3
13*
12**
Total Coliform Rule
45
27
66
55
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
O
O
A
O
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
L
Z
4
o
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
13
12
Consumer Confidence Report
6
6
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
1
1
0
0
9
9
Rules
Ground Water Rule
NR
NR
NR
NR
"Violations for VOCs and SOCs are listed as one violation, not as violations for each of the regulated contaminants.
"Possible over counting of violating systems
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
486
Total Number of Systems in Violation
123
Total Number of Violations
164*
* The total number of violations in the report (164) differs from the calculated total (165).
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Rhode Island's State Report is available by accessing the states' web site:
Web site: http://www.health.ri.gov/publications/annualreports/2013DrinkingWaterQualityCompliance.pdf
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State of South Carolina 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
10
8*
0
o
Total Coliform Rule
85
44
64
49*
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
1
1
0
0
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
0
0
Consumer Confidence Report
0
0
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
8
5*
0
0
2
2
Ground Water Rule
0
0
0
0
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,444
Total Number of Systems in Violation
94
Total Number of Violations
170*
**The total number of violations in the report (174) differs from the calculated total (170) because of the inclusion of 4 public notification
violations.
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
South Carolina's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
SCDHEC's Bureau of Water
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Attention: Bruce Bleau
Telephone: (803) 898-4154
Fax: (803) 898-3795
Email: bleaubp@dhec.sc.gov
http:///www.scdhec.gov/water
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State of South Dakota 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
73
16
202
12
Total Coliform Rule
44
OO
28
24
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
o
0
3
1
Lead and Copper Rule
1
1
6
6
Consumer Confidence Report
4
3
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
3
2
47
44
30
20
Ground Water Rule
4
4
21
12
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
646
Total Number of Systems in Violation
142
Total Number of Violations
466*
*The total number of violations in the report (542) differs from the calculated total (466) because of the inclusion of 74 public notification
violations and 2 other groundwater rule regulations.
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
South Dakota's Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
South Dakota
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Drinking Water Program
PMB-2020
Joe Foss Building
523 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
Attention: Mark S. Mayer, P.E.
Telephone: (605) 773-3754
Email: mark.mayer@state.sd.us
Web site: http://denr.sd.gov/des/dw/complianceinfo.aspx
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State of Tennessee 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
0
0
602
57*
Total Coliform Rule
5
4
29
28
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
O
O
24
20
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
0
0
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
0
0
Consumer Confidence Report
0
0
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
3
2
0
0
41
21
Ground Water Rule
0
0
9
8
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
813
Total Number of Systems in Violation
128
Total Number of Violations
721
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
The 2013 State Report did not provide information regarding public availability.
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State of Texas 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
1142
240*
1096
131*
Total Coliform Rule
168
147
1132
509
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
46
21
18
3
Lead and Copper Rule
99
64
3352
1933
Consumer Confidence Report
1170
700
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
320
127
0
0
1197
678
Ground Water Rule
5
3
798
626
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
6,942
Total Number of Systems in Violation
3,661
Total Number of Violations
10,543
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
EPA did not receive the 2013 Annual Report prior to the deadline required for publication and generated data from SDWIS/FED.
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State of Utah 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
1
1
3088
219*
Total Coliform Rule
97
78
170
125
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
1
1
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
O
O
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
4
4
90
64
Consumer Confidence Report
43
40
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
0
0
0
0
112
49
Ground Water Rule
228
152
108
80
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,024
Total Number of Systems in Violation
510
Total Number of Violations
3,945
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
EPA did not receive the 2013 Annual Report prior to the deadline required for publication and generated data from SDWIS/FED.
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State of Vermont 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
10
6*
136
130*
Total Coliform Rule
129
115*
423
300*
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
1
1
0
0
Lead and Copper Rule
o
o
30
27*
Consumer Confidence Report
49
49
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
15
9*
0
0
59
48*
Ground Water Rule
0
0
28
27
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,370
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
880
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report:
Vermont's Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
Agency of Natural Resources
One National Life Drive - Main 2
Montpelier, VT 05620-3521
Contact: Julie Hackbarth, Compliance and Certification Manager
Telephone: (802) 585-4897
Email: julie.hackbarth@state.vt. us
Web site: http://www.drinkingwater.vt.gov
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Virgin Islands 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
Violations Category
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
o
0
o
o
Total Coliform Rule
42
34
62
41
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
o
o
o
o
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
210
103
Consumer Confidence Report
1
1
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ground Water Rule
0
0
0
0
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
268
Total Number of Systems in Violation
181
Total Number of Violations
315
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
EPA did not receive the 2013 Annual Report prior to the deadline required for publication and generated data from SDWIS/FED.
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State of Virginia 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
49
17*
1,319
124*
Total Coliform Rule
229
173
586
428
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
A
A
O
O
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
4
4
L
L
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
5
5
115
82
Consumer Confidence Report
54
36
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
11
8
25
12
63
29
Ground Water Rule
14
7
54
45
*Possible over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
2,746
Total Number of Systems in Violation
682
Total Number of Violations
2,530*
**The total number of violations in the report (2,676) differs from the calculated total (2,530) because of the inclusion of 145 public notification
violations and 1 other groundwater rule violation.
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Virginia's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Office of Drinking Water
109 Governor Street, 6th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Attn: Cathy M. Hanchey, Paralegal
Telephone: (804) 864-7500
Fax: (804) 864-7521
Email: cathy.hanchey@vdh.virginia.gov
Web site: http://www.vdh.state.va.us/ODW/compliance/annualReport.htm
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State of Washington 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Violations Category
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Violations
Systems in
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group*
76
46*
2,849
295*
Total Coliform Rule
21
20
646
427
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
26
5
7
5
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
9
9
Consumer Confidence Report
435
435
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Ground Water Rule
NR
NR
NR
NR
*Radionuciide Contaminants were not reported in the Chemical Contaminant Group
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
4,100
Total Number of Systems in Violation
1,032
Total Number of Violations
4,069
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Washington's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Department of Health
Office of Drinking Water
P.O. Box 47822
Olympia, Washington 98504-7822
Telephone: (800) 521-0323
Web site:
http://www.doh.wa.gov/CommunityandEnvironment/DrinkingWater/RegulationandCompliance/Enforcement/EPAViolationReports.aspx
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State of West Virginia 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
1
1
1,380
80
Total Coliform Rule
8
7
407
171
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
11
O
74
22
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
0
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
1
1
192
83
Consumer Confidence Report
187
101
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
10
7
21
18
76
34
Ground Water Rule
NR
NR
NR
NR
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
1,025
Total Number of Systems in Violation
NR
Total Number of Violations
2,368
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
The 2013 State Report did not provide information regarding public availability.
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State of Wisconsin 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
205
67*
678
204*
Total Coliform Rule
387
344
280
243
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
0
0
0
0
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
2
2
17
17
Consumer Confidence Report
46
46*
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
NR
2
0
0
NR
10
Ground Water Rule
NR
27*
NR
66*
*Possibie over counting of violating systems.
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
11,409
Total Number of Systems in Violation
410
Total Number of Violations
1,615
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Wisconsin's State Report is available by accessing the state's web site or by contacting:
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Bureau of Drinking Water and Groundwater
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, Wl 53707
Telephone: (608) 267-4230
Web site: http://dnr.wi.gov/files/PDF/pubs/DG/DG0045.pdf
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State of Wyoming 2013 PWS Compliance Report
Violations for 2013
MCL
Treatment Technique
Significant Monitoring
Systems in
Systems in
Systems in
Violations Category
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Violations
Violation
Chemical Contaminant Group
18
b
21
21
Total Coliform Rule
37
29
100
72
Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1
and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water
O
10
A
Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash
O
O
4
Recycling Rule
Lead and Copper Rule
0
0
8
8
Consumer Confidence Report
6
6
Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct
Rules
2
1
0
0
17
15
Ground Water Rule
1
1
12
11
2013
Total Number of Regulated Systems
795
Total Number of Systems in Violation
140
Total Number of Violations
237
Where to Obtain the 2013 Annual State Public Water Systems Compliance Report
Wyoming's State report is available by accessing EPA's Web site or by contacting:
EPA Region 8's Environmental Information Service Center
Telephone: (303) 312-6312 or (800) 227-8917
Email: r8eisc@epa.gov
Web site: http://www.epa.gov/region8/water/dwhome/wyomingdi.html
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