ST. FRANCIS: EPA violation history, explained
ST. FRANCIS has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. It serves 2,450 people through 800 service connections.
ST. FRANCIS's record against the rest of the country
35 total violations and 3 health-based ones put ST. FRANCIS at the 62th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,874 of 12,903.
Against the SD average
ST. FRANCIS's 3 health-based violations sit within the SD average of 3.0, across 74 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
ST. FRANCIS's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
The concern categories on record
ST. FRANCIS's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Groundwater Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What ST. FRANCIS's record does not cover
Everything on this page is ST. FRANCIS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and ST. FRANCIS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,874th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.