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Small Very Large Large Medium Total ( 100,000) (10,001–100,000) (3,301–10,000) (501–3,300) 52,110 398 3,702 4,822 13,906 286,451,204 128,607,655 105,195,727 27,942,486 19,848,329 100% 1% 7% 9% 27% 100% 45% 37% 10% 7% 18,839 1 22 120 2,662 6,334,292 203,000 533,845 639,561 2,710,330 100% 0% 0% 1% 14% 100% 3% 8% 10% 43% 84,744 3 15 102 2,751 13,751,860 2,869,000 424,662 546,481 2,681,373 100% 0% 0% 0% 3% 100% 21% 3% 4% 19% 155,693 402 3,739 5,044 19,319
U.S. Public Water Systems Size by Population Served in 2007

Very Small (500 or less) 29,282 4,857,007 56% 2% 16,034 2,247,556 85% 35% 81,873 7,230,344 97% 53% 127,189 1 Community water system: a public water system that supplies water to the same population year-round.

No. of systems served Population Percentage of systems Percentage of population No. of systems served Population Percentage of systems Percentage of population No. of systems served Population Percentage of systems Percentage of population amples are schools, factories, office buildings, and hospitals have their own water systems. Courtesy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Table 1.1 Water System Community water system 1 Nontransient noncommunity water system 2 Transient noncommunity water system 3 Total no. of systems Source:

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