Pawnee

Monitoring Violation: 1 violation, Jan 2024 to May 2024. The system did not complete required monitoring. This does not show that a contaminant was found.

What the rule requires: The 2013 RTCR (effective 2016) replaced the original TCR. It triggers automatic E. coli testing whenever total coliform is found. A single E. coli-positive sample is an acute MCL violation. It also requires systems exceeding 5% total coliform-positive samples to conduct a formal assessment and correct any deficiencies, helping prevent contamination before it escalates.

Monitoring and Reporting: 7 violations, Jan 2024 to Nov 2025. The system did not complete required monitoring, or did not report the results on time. This does not show that a contaminant was found.

Contaminant on the record: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule.

Treatment Technique Violation, health-based: 9 violations, Mar 2024 to Apr 2026. The system did not carry out a required treatment process or corrective action.

Monitoring and Reporting: 5 violations, May 2024 to Jan 2026. The system did not complete required monitoring, or did not report the results on time. This does not show that a contaminant was found.

What the rule requires: All systems using surface water (rivers, lakes, reservoirs) or groundwater under surface influence (GWUDI) must filter and disinfect. Treatment technique violations mean the system failed to maintain adequate disinfectant residual, exceeded turbidity limits, or lacked required permits. Snowmelt and storm events can raise turbidity and pathogen loads in surface water.

Health effects: Without proper filtration/disinfection: Giardia lamblia (severe diarrhea, cramping), Cryptosporidium (life-threatening for immunocompromised individuals), viruses (hepatitis A, norovirus). Turbidity itself is not a health risk but can shield pathogens from disinfection. Limit: Treatment technique: turbidity ≤0.3 NTU in 95% of monthly samples; detectable disinfectant residual in 95% of distribution samples

Monitoring and Reporting: 1 violation, Jan 2024 to May 2024. The system did not complete required monitoring, or did not report the results on time. This does not show that a contaminant was found.

Contaminant on the record: Chlorine (MRDL).

Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, health-based: 11 violations, Jul 2023 to Mar 2026. A sample exceeded the maximum contaminant level EPA allows in drinking water.

Monitoring and Reporting: 2 violations, Sep 2023 to Oct 2025. The system did not complete required monitoring, or did not report the results on time. This does not show that a contaminant was found.

Contaminant on the record: TTHM (Total Trihalomethanes).

TTHM (Total Trihalomethanes), health effects: Long-term exposure is associated with increased bladder cancer risk. Some studies link high TTHM exposure to adverse reproductive outcomes. Bromodichloromethane is classified as a possible human carcinogen. Limit: 0.080 mg/L (80 ppb) locational running annual average (LRAA)

Monitoring and Reporting: 29 violations, Jan 2023 to Jul 2024. The system did not complete required monitoring, or did not report the results on time. This does not show that a contaminant was found.

Contaminants on the record: Endrin, BHC-Gamma (Lindane), Methoxychlor, Toxaphene, Dalapon, Diquat, Endothall, Glyphosate, Di(2-ethylhexyl) Adipate, Oxamyl (Vydate), Simazine, Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate, Picloram, Dinoseb, Hexachlorocyclopentadiene, Carbofuran, Atrazine, Alachlor (Lasso), Heptachlor, Heptachlor Epoxide, 2,4-D, 2,4,5-TP (Silvex), Hexachlorobenzene, Benzo(a)pyrene, Pentachlorophenol, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane (DBCP), Ethylene Dibromide (EDB), Chlordane.

Treatment Technique Violation, health-based: 1 violation, Oct 2024 to Nov 2025. The system did not carry out a required treatment process or corrective action.

Reporting Violation: 1 violation, Oct 2024 to Nov 2025. The system did not report required information on time.

What the rule requires: The 2021 LCRR updated the 1991 LCR with mandatory lead service line inventories and replacement planning, a new 'trigger level' at 10 ppb requiring optimization, and strengthened public education. The 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) further requires replacing all lead service lines within 10 years.

Health effects: Same as Lead and Copper Rule (5000). Violations typically reflect failure to complete the required lead service line inventory or submit a required replacement plan. Lead service lines are the primary source of lead at the tap in many older systems. Limit: Lead action level: 15 ppb (trigger level: 10 ppb); copper action level: 1.3 mg/L

Other Violation: 1 violation, Jul 2024 to Jun 2025. A requirement other than monitoring, reporting, or a contaminant limit, such as public notice or the annual water quality report.

What the rule requires: Community water systems must deliver an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) to all customers by July 1, covering the previous year. It must list all detected contaminants, compare them to MCLs, identify source water, and include educational language about lead. A violation means the report was not delivered on time or was incomplete.