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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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2013 National Public Water Systems 

Compliance Report

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-1 (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 317 million consumers. This is a 1 percent decrease in the population from 

the end of December 2012 (320 million). Small PWSs2comprise 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 violations3reported 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-1. 
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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 approach4to 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://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/drinking_water_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 agencies6reported that 40,338 PWSs (approximately 27 percent of all PWSs in the U.S.) had at 

least one significant violation in 2013. This is higher than the 36,356 PWSs (approximately 24 percent of 

all PWS) reported with at least one significant violations 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 violations of health-based standards in 2013, while significant monitoring and reporting violations

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.

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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-1 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-1 (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.

 

Small PWSs comprise the vast majority of all PWSs, but they serve just 12 percent of all consumers. For 

this Report, EPA defines small PWSs as those serving 3,300 or fewer customers. For discussion purposes, 

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.

94%

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PWSs in U.S. by Size

Total Number of PWSs = 149,912

Small

Medium

Large

12% of 

population

10% of 

population

78% of 

population

Population Served by PWS Size

U.S. Population Served = 317 million

Small

Medium

Large
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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.

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.

42,203 

39,716 37,631 36,356 40,338 

28% 26% 25% 24% 27%

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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Number of PWSs

Note: The total number of systems declined from 153,399 in 2009 to 149,912 in 2013

Number and Percentage of PWSs with Significant Violations 

2009-2013
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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.

9,809 

27,056 

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Health-based Monitoring and

Reporting

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Confidence

Public

Notification

Number of PWSs

Number and Percentage of PWSs with Significant 

Violations by Violation Type - 2013

Total Number of PWSs = 149,912
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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.

 TCR -- Total Coliform Rule.

 LCR -- Lead and Copper Rule.

 SWTR (Surface Water Treatment Rules) -- This category includes the long-term 1 enhanced surface 

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 

Disinfection Byproduct Rule.

 GWR - Ground Water Rule.

As context for the total number of violations occurring in a year, it is important to note that PWSs are 

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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Percent of Violations

Significant Violations by Contaminant Type - 2013

Number of Health-based Violations = 16,802

Number of Monitoring and Reporting Violations = 107,940

Health-based Monitoring and Reporting
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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-systemsupervision-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 actions9in 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.

 
13

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.

4609

8598

7619 7623

9627

50 124 227 186 164

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Number of Enforcement Actions

* Enforcement actions counted in this report include a combination of 

administrative, civil and criminal actions and other actions needed to return a 

PWS to compliance.

State and EPA Enforcement* Actions at PWSs

2009-2013

States EPA
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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.

10

 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 

Appendix A.

 

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.

 

10 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.

91%

7% 2%

PWSs in Indian Country

by Size in 2013

Total Number of PWSs = 993

Small

Medium

Large

41%

31%

28%

Population Served in Indian 

Country by PWS Size in 2013

Total Population Served = 1,296,890

Small

Medium

Large
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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.

The types of violations reported by the 456 PWSs in Indian country (46 percent) are shown below.

Significant monitoring and reporting violations comprise the most frequently reported violations of all 

types both inside and outside of Indian country.

27%

46%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

U.S. including Indian Country Indian Country Only

Percentage of PWSs

Systems with Significant Violations - 2013

Number of Systems in U.S. including Indian Country = 149,912

Number of Systems in Indian Country Only = 993

433 

478 

418 

482 

456 

52% 48% 42% 49% 46%

 -

 100

 200

 300

 400

 500

 600

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Number of PWSs

Note: The total number of systems in Indian Country increased from 825 

to 993 systems between 2009 and 2013.

Number and Percentage of PWSs with Significant Violations 

in Indian Country

2009-2013
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Note that the total number of PWSs in the graph is 621, which is greater than the 456 PWSs that violated 

at least one NPDWR, because some systems violated multiple NPDWRs and thus are represented in 

multiple columns of the graph.

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.

120 

393 

83 

25 12%

40%

8%

3% -

 50

 100

 150

 200

 250

 300

 350

 400

 450

Health-based Monitoring and

Reporting

Consumer

Confidence

Public Notification

Number of PWSs

Number and Percentage of PWSs with Significant Violations 

in Indian Country by Type - 2013

Total Number of Systems = 993
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PWSs with Violations of Variances or Exemptions in Indian Country

No violations of variances or exemptions were reported by the primacy agencies for Indian country 

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 

39%

21%

2% 7% 12%

19%

89%

5% 2% 0% 2% 1%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Chem TCR LCR SWR DBPR GWR

Percentage of Violations

Significant Violations by Contaminant Type

in Indian Country - 2013

Number of Health-based Violations = 315

Number of Monitoring and Reporting Violations = 5,826 

Health-based Monitoring and Reporting
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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-systemsupervision-pwss.

14 The EPA Enforcement Principles document is available at http://www2.epa.gov/enforcement/transmittal-finalguidance-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. EPA 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://www.epa-echo.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 federallyrecognized tribes is updated periodically and published in the Federal Register. The latest list of federallyrecognized 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–1.

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-1: SIGNIFICANT MONITORING AND REPORTING VIOLATIONS FOR 

ANNUAL STATE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM COMPLIANCE REPORTS

Rule Violation Type Description

SDWIS 

Violation 

Code1

SDWIS 

Contaminant 

Code

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 

Rule

Major (filtered) Collected less than 90 percent of samples 

required during a compliance period. 36 0200

Major (unfiltered) Collected less than 90 percent of samples 

required during a compliance period. 31 0200

Interim Enhanced 

Surface Water Treatment 

Rule/ 

Long Term 1 Enhanced 

Surface Water Treatment 

Rule

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).

29

0300

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).

Major

Failure to conduct and/or report to state a selfassessment 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).

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.

Major Failure to collect and report at least 90 percent of 

required samples.

38

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.

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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Rule Violation Type Description

SDWIS 

Violation 

Code1

SDWIS 

Contaminant 

Code

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

C

h

e

m

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

2

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.

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

Contaminant/Rule Community Water Systems Non-Transient NonCommunity Water Systems

Transient Non-Community 

Water Systems

Organic Contaminants All

All (Note: acrylamide and 

epichlorohydrin do not have 

MCLs and only have treatment 

techniques)

None

Inorganic Contaminants 

(IOCs) All

Prior to the 2001 Arsenic Rule, 

all IOCs except for arsenic. After 

the 2001 Arsenic Rule all IOCs.

None

Nitrate and Nitrite 

Contaminants All All All

Radionuclide Contaminants All None None

Total Coliform Rule All All All

Surface Water Treatment PWSs using surface water or 

GWUDI

PWSs using surface water or 

GWUDI

PWSs using surface water or 

GWUDI

Lead and Copper Rule All All None

Interim Enhanced Surface 

Water Treatment Rule

For sanitary surveys all PWSs 

using surface water or GWUDI; 

for other requirements those 

systems serving 10,000 or more 

people

For sanitary surveys all PWSs 

using surface water or GWUDI; 

for other requirements those 

systems serving 10,000 or more 

people

For sanitary surveys all PWSs 

using surface water or GWUDI; 

for other requirements those 

systems serving 10,000 or more 

people

Long Term 1 and 2 Enhanced 

Surface Water Treatment 

Rules

All PWSs using surface water or 

GWUDI

All PWSs using surface water or 

GWUDI

All PWSs using surface water or 

GWUDI

Stage 1 and Stage 2 

Disinfectant/Disinfection 

Byproduct Rules

All PWSs that add and/or deliver 

water that is treated with a 

primary or residual disinfectant 

other than ultraviolet light

All PWSs that add and/or deliver 

water that is treated with a 

primary or residual disinfectant 

other than ultraviolet light

Those PWSs using chlorine 

dioxide 

Filter Backwash Recycling 

Rule

Conventional or direct filtration 

PWSs using surface water or 

GWUDI and recycle spent filter 

backwash, thickener supernatant, 

or liquids from dewatering 

processes

Conventional or direct filtration 

PWSs using surface water or 

GWUDI and recycle spent filter 

backwash, thickener supernatant, 

or liquids from dewatering 

processes

Conventional or direct filtration

PWSs using surface water or 

GWUDI and recycle spent filter 

backwash, thickener supernatant, 

or liquids from dewatering 

processes

Ground Water Rule

All PWSs that use ground water, 

including consecutive systems, 

except that it does not apply to 

PWSs that combine all of their 

ground water with surface water 

or with ground water under the 

direct influence of surface water 

prior to treatment.

All PWSs that use ground water, 

including consecutive systems, 

except that it does not apply to 

PWSs that combine all of their 

ground water with surface water 

or with ground water under the 

direct influence of surface water 

prior to treatment.

All PWSs that use ground water, 

including consecutive systems, 

except that it does not apply to 

PWSs that combine all of their 

ground water with surface water 

or with ground water under the 

direct influence of surface water 

prior to treatment.

Public Notification All All All

Consumer Confidence Rule All None None
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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-1. 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 

and TT 

Violations

Provided 

Information

to Public 

on 

Availability

Provided 

Additional 

Information CCR MCL M/R 1 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 

and TT 

Violations

Provided 

Information

to Public 

on 

Availability

Provided 

Additional 

Information CCR MCL M/R 1 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 State

Total 

Number of 

Regulated 

Systems

Total Number of 

Systems with 

Significant 

Violations

Total 

Number of 

Significant 

Violations

Alabama 609 107 587 Navajo Nation 161 85 1,544

Alaska 1,505 659 4,527* Nebraska 1,311 264 516*

American Samoa 86 85 2,685 Nevada 578 230 752*

Arizona 1,539 926 3,637 New Hampshire 2,436 NR 926

Arkansas 1,109 268 620 New Jersey 3,753 NR 3,018

California 7,725 1,345 2,473 New Mexico 1,121 625 1,587

Colorado 2,008 541** 3,379 New York 8,604 3,289 5,886

Connecticut 2,523 NR 3,445 North Carolina 5,872 NR 3,636

Delaware 485 NR 125 North Dakota 654 187 325

District of Columbia 8 2 7 Northern Mariana Islands 65 15 31

Florida 5,360 810 2,407* Ohio NR NR 2,340

Georgia NR NR 2,600 Oklahoma 1,692 709 2,393

Guam 10 4 5 Oregon 2,536 1,072 4,360

Hawaii 132 5 5 Pennsylvania 8,958 3,076 19,031*

Idaho 1,950 700 1,851 Puerto Rico 468 NR 2,938

Illinois 5,683 278*** 4,305 Rhode Island 486 123 164*

Indiana 4,122 1,174 2,039 South Carolina 1,444 94 170*

Iowa 1,899 463** 911 South Dakota 646 142 466*

Kansas 1,011 150 382 Tennessee 813 128 721

Kentucky NR NR 898 Texas 6,942 3,661 10,543

Louisiana 1,406 663 1,596 Utah 1,024 510 3,945

Maine 1,876 767** 1,105 Vermont 1,370 NR 880

Maryland 3,396 751 1,239 Virgin Islands 268 181 315

Massachusetts NR NR 2,314 Virginia 2,746 682 2,530*

Michigan 10,962 1,461 2,478* Washington 4,100 1,032 4,069

Minnesota 6,897 261† 450 West Virginia 982 390 307

Mississippi NR NR 123 Wisconsin 11,409 NR 1,887

Missouri 2,716 NR 1,801 Wyoming 802 141 215

Montana NR NR 6,810

*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.

† 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 State Web Site

Alabama

http://www.adem.state.al.us/programs/water/waterforms/2

012PWSVComplianceReport.pdf* Navajo Nation

Alaska http://www.dec.state.ak.us/eh/dw/dwmain/ACR_vio.html Nebraska http://dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/pages/enh_pwsindex.aspx

American Samoa Nevada http://ndep.nv.gov/BSDW/oversight.htm

Arizona New Hampshire http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/dwgb/annual

_report.htm

Arkansas http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programsServices/enviro

nmentalHealth/Engineering/Pages/ReportsandForms.aspx New Jersey

California New Mexico http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/dwb/

Colorado http://www.colorado.gov/cdphe/dw New York http://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/water/drinking/

Connecticut http://www.ct.gov/dph/publicdrinkingwater North Carolina http://ncwater.org/files/pws/annual/2013AnnualCompliance

Report.pdf

Delaware http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/hsp/odw.html North Dakota http://www.ndhealth.gov/mf/forms/acr/2013acr.pdf

District of 

Columbia http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/drinking/dc.htm Northern Mariana Islands

Florida http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/drinkingwater Ohio

Georgia http://www.gaepd.org Oklahoma http://www.deq.state.ok.us/

Guam Oregon

Hawaii http://health.hawaii.gov/sdwb/ Pennsylvania http://www.dep.state.pa.us

Idaho http://www.deq.idaho.gov/water-quality/drinkingwater/pws-switchboard.aspx Puerto Rico http://www.salud.gov.pr/

Illinois http://www.epa.state.il.us/water/compliance/drinkingwater/compliance-report/index.html Rhode Island http://www.health.ri.gov/publications/annualreports/2013Dr

inkingWaterQualityCompliance.pdf

Indiana http://www.in.gov/idem/5093.htm South Carolina http:///www.scdhec.gov/water

Iowa http://www.iowadnr.gov/InsideDNR/RegulatoryWater/Drinki

ngWaterCompliance/AnnualComplianceReport.aspx South Dakota http://denr.sd.gov/des/dw/complianceinfo.aspx

Kansas http://www.kdheks.gov/pws/annual_compliance 

_reports.htm Tennessee

Kentucky http://water.ky.gov/DrinkingWater/Pages/AnnualComplianc

eReports.aspx Texas

Louisiana http://www.dhh.la.gov/SafeDrinkingWater Utah

Maine Vermont www.drinkingwater.vt.gov

Maryland http://www.mde.state.md.us Virgin Islands

Massachusetts http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/water/drinkin

g/water-systems-ops.html#1 Virginia http://www.vdh.state.va.us/ODW/compliance/annualReport.htm

Michigan http://www.michigan.gov/deq Washington

http://www.doh.wa.gov/CommunityandEnvironment/Drinkin

gWater/RegulationandCompliance/Enforcement/EPAViolat

ionReports.aspx

Minnesota http://www.health.state.mn.us/water/ West Virginia http://www.wvdhhr.org/oehs/eed/c%26e/reports.asp

Mississippi Wisconsin http://dnr.wi.gov/files/PDF/pubs/DG/DG0045.pdf

Missouri http://www.dnr.mo.gov/pubs/pub2507.pdf Wyoming http://www2.epa.gov/region8/wyoming-drinking-waterprogram

Montana http://www.deq.mt.gov/wqinfo/pws/default.mcpx
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State Compliance Report Summaries

Contents

Alabama..........................................................................B-8

Alaska .............................................................................B-9

American Samoa...........................................................B-10

Arizona .........................................................................B-11

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-32

Minnesota .....................................................................B-33

Mississippi....................................................................B-34

Missouri........................................................................B-35

Montana ........................................................................B-36

Navajo Nation...............................................................B-37

Nebraska.......................................................................B-38

Nevada..........................................................................B-39

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
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State of Alabama 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

0 0 0 0

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
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State of Alaska 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

89 44 499 124

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
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State of American Samoa 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations 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 0 0 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

*Possible 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.
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State of Arizona 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations 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 0 0 361 242

Consumer Confidence Report 954 475

Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct 

Rules 0 0 1 1 357 106

Ground Water Rule 0 0 65 55

*Possible 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.
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State of Arkansas 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

21 12 20 9

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
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State of California 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations Violation

Chemical Contaminant Group 437 139* 59 51*

Total Coliform Rule 323 256 303 259

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.
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State of Colorado 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

42 26 82 38

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
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State of Connecticut 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

0 0 0 0

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
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State of Delaware 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

0 0 0 0

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
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District of Columbia 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

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 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
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State of Florida 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

0 0 0 0

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
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State of Georgia 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

1 1 1 1

Lead and Copper Rule 5 5 1,130 746

Consumer Confidence Report 1,039 723

Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct 

Rules 15 6 8 8 3 2

Ground Water Rule NR NR NR NR

*Possible over counting of violating systems.

2013

Total Number of Regulated Systems NR

Total Number of Systems in Violation NR

Total Number of Violations 2,600

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
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Guam 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations Violation

Chemical Contaminant Group 0 0 0 0

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

0 0 0 0

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.
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State of Hawaii 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

0 0 0 0

Lead and Copper Rule 0 0 0 0

Consumer Confidence Report 0 0

Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct 

Rules 0 0 0 0 1 1

Ground Water Rule 0 0 0 0

*Possible 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/
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State of Idaho 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations Violation

Chemical Contaminant Group 27 12* 880 128*

Total Coliform Rule 174 132 331 255

Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1 

and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

41 9 6 3

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
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State of Illinois 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations Violation

Chemical Contaminant Group 91† 34† 3521† 21*†

Total Coliform Rule 152† 100† 127† 79†

Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1 

and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

2 2 7 1

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 7† 6†

* Community Water Systems only. Data are unavailable for Non-Community Water Systems.

†These 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
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State of Indiana 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

1 1 1 1

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
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State of Iowa 2013 PWS Compliance Report

Violations for 2013

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

1 1 0 0

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/InsideDNR/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

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations 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 

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations Violation

Chemical Contaminant Group 0 0 150 43*

Total Coliform Rule 13 12 48 29

Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1 

and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

9 6 135 73*

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 

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

NR NR 73 3

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 

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

7 3 0 0

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

*Possible 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 

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring*

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

4 4 2 1

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 

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

3 3 9 4*

Lead and Copper Rule 158 73 197 132

Consumer Confidence Report 65 56

Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct 

Rules 6 2* 1 1 15 8

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 

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

0 0 0 0

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 

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

33 21* 11 8*

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 

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

NR NR NR NR

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 

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

14 7 0 0

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

*Possible 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 

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

26 14 33 3

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

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations 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 

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

3 1 4 1

Lead and Copper Rule 0 0 0 0

Consumer Confidence Report 0 0

Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct 

Rules 6 2 0 0 2 2

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 

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

0 0 1 1

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 

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

0 0 0 0

Lead and Copper Rule 5 5 22 22

Consumer Confidence Report 39 39

Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct 

Rules 8 3 0 0 9 7

Ground Water Rule 42 42 49 44

*Possible 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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

5 4 35 5

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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

26 14 17 3

Lead and Copper Rule 0 0 304 162

Consumer Confidence Report 487 248

Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct 

Rules 13 519 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

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations 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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

0 0 0 0

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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

1 1 0 0

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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations Violation

Chemical Contaminant Group 0 0 0 0

Total Coliform Rule 1 1 5 4

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 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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

7 5 0 0

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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations 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

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations 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

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations 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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations Violation

Chemical Contaminant Group 0 0 617 42*

Total Coliform Rule 168 94* 1,871 235

Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1 

and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

NR NR 0 0

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 León, #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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

2 2 4 3

Lead and Copper Rule 0 0 13 12

Consumer Confidence Report 6 6

Disinfectant and Disinfection Byproduct 

Rules 1 1 0 0 9 9

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

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations Violation

Chemical Contaminant Group 10 8* 0 0

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

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations Violation

Chemical Contaminant Group 73 16 202 12

Total Coliform Rule 44 33 28 24

Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1 

and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

0 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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

8 8 24 20

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

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations 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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

3 3 1 1

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

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations 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 0 0 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

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations Violation

Chemical Contaminant Group 0 0 0 0

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

0 0 0 0

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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

4 4 2 2

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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations 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

*Radionuclide 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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

11 8 74 22

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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

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 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

0 0 0 0

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*

*Possible 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, WI 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

Violations Category

MCL Treatment Technique Significant Monitoring

Systems in Systems in Systems in

Violations Violation Violations Violation Violations Violation

Chemical Contaminant Group 18 6 21 21

Total Coliform Rule 37 29 100 72

Surface Water Treatment Rule; Interim, LT1 

and LT2 Enhanced Surface Water 

Treatment Rules; and Filter Backwash 

Recycling Rule

5 3 10 4

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