EPA SDWIS ~155K water systems EPA + UCMR5

Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)

Compiled by PlainWater Editorial, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

EPA SDWIS quarterly extract data for this analyte. Detection counts and health-based violation counts reflect the most recent federal release.

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EPA contaminant code: 2383

Total Violations

36,672

Systems Affected

6,785

Health-Based %

Most Affected State

What this means

Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) appears in EPA SDWIS with 36,672 recorded violations across 6,785 public water systems. Of those, 0% are classified as health-based, meaning the reading exceeded a federally enforceable Maximum Contaminant Level or a treatment-technique requirement rather than a monitoring or reporting lapse. Health-based violations are the subset that trigger formal corrective action and public notification, so the share is a useful signal of real-world exposure risk rather than paperwork drift. State-level concentration data is not consistently reported for this contaminant, so regional interpretation should lean on the system table below rather than state aggregates. Utilities listed below are ranked by cumulative violation count, so a higher rank reflects persistence in the record rather than a single spike; readers comparing systems should consider population served alongside violation count to gauge how many households were actually exposed.

Violation Type Split

Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) violations broken down by EPA classification.

Health-based (0%) Monitoring/Reporting (100%)

Health-based violations indicate the contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) or treatment-technique requirement; monitoring/reporting violations are procedural.

Most Affected Water Systems

System	State	Violations	Population
Pinnacle Water Association	WV	188	85
Salem Heights Estate	PA	156	62
Coal Mountain Water	WV	149	80
Congregation Ohr Menachem	PA	148	30
Skyview Estates	IL	124	56
Prague	OK	111	2,395
Frankfort Psd	WV	101	6,747
27 Maple Drive	CT	88	38
Aqua PA Sun Valley	PA	79	120
Neshaminy Manor Center	PA	74	2,100
Knoebels Grove Park	PA	74	4,000
Christ Mission Lutheran Church	IL	70	150
Paradise Stream Resor	PA	66	774
Save a Pet	IL	64	50
Oilton	OK	64	1,435
Seneca Trail Christian Academy	WV	64	100
Congregation Beth Judea	IL	60	25
Ambler Boro Water Dept	PA	60	20,000
Taleem Ul Haq	IL	56	100
Tooele City Water System	UT	56	37,100
Criswell Court MHP	IL	54	94
Mt Union Municipal Auth	PA	53	5,801
Pbc Linear	IL	52	140
Manhasset Lakeville WD	NY	52	43,000
Indian Creek Valley Water Auth	PA	51	7,000
Tower Springs LLC	PA	50	25
Boley Tool and Machine Works	IL	49	100
Southbrook Estates	SD	49	28
Wvaw - Walnut Grove Utilities	WV	49	7,250
Santiam Meadows Community WS	OR	46	40

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) in drinking water? ▼

Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) is a contaminant tracked by the EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act. It has caused 36,672 violations across 6,785 public water systems nationwide. 0% of these violations are health-based, meaning the contaminant exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) or treatment technique requirements.

How many water systems have Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) violations? ▼

6,785 public water systems across the United States have at least one Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) violation recorded in the EPA SDWIS database.

Are Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) violations dangerous? ▼

0% of Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) violations are health-based, meaning the contaminant level exceeded safe limits set by the EPA. Health-based violations require corrective action by the water system. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they signal that water quality standards were not met.

Which state has the most Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) violations? ▼

State-level breakdown data is not available for this contaminant.

Where does this contaminant data come from? ▼

All violation data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), which tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act. SDWIS records violations including Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) exceedances, treatment technique failures, and monitoring/reporting issues.

Data Sources

Contaminant violation data from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Violations are categorized as health-based (Maximum Contaminant Level exceedances, treatment technique failures) or monitoring/reporting violations.

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