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Bucks County, Pennsylvania

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet PA017 · Bucks County 299 sys · 59,577 viol · #118/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 99.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 4.1% health
  • RANK-TOP #118/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 95.8% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 92%
  • SYS-LARGE 299 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Lycoming County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bucks County ranks #118 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #4 of 68 counties in Pennsylvania. See methodology · corpus placement.

Bucks County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 99.3% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 4.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 95.8% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #118 of 3,254 · #4 of 68 in Pennsylvania.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Bucks County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Bucks County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Greene · lowest Bedford · near Bucks · this county Sullivan · highest 66.7% 98.9% 99% 99.2% 99.3% 99.3% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Lower Bucks Co Joint Mun Auth 63,007 327 Clean
Aqua PA Bensalem 59,001 49 Detected
Bcwsa Main Lower South 52,621 204 Detected
Warminster Municipal Authority 40,000 2,250 Detected
Newtown Artesian Water Co 38,500 495 Detected
Northampton Bucks Co Mun Auth 36,750 2,055 Detected
PA American Water Co Yardley 33,171 126 Detected
Aqua PA Bristol 28,727 92 Detected
Falls Twp Water & Sewer Dept 24,400 144 Detected
Nwwa Warrington Township 21,588 1,675 Detected
Upper Southampton Mun Auth 16,000 856 Detected
Perkasie Regional Authority 15,000 735 Detected
Warwick Twp Water & Sewer Auth 14,699 245 Detected
Morrisville Munic Authority 13,342 1,069 Detected
Quakertown Boro 12,800 687 Detected
Doylestown Boro Water Dept 8,700 210 Detected
Dtma Main System 8,655 203 Detected
Richland Twp Water Authority 6,800 555 Detected
Aqua PA Chalfont 5,900 116 Detected
Hilltown Twp Water&sewer Auth 5,770 1,138 Detected
Buckingham Twp Cold Spring 4,760 54 Detected
Milford Twp Water Authority 4,497 161 Detected
Buckingham Twp Furlong 4,150 151 -
Bedminster Mun Auth 3,042 235 -
Bcwsa New Hope 3,017 995 -
Plumstead Northern System 2,605 635 Detected
Borough of Dublin 2,200 458 -
Neshaminy Manor Center 2,100 3,037 -
Bcwsa Solebury 2,100 204 -
Quakertown Farmers Market 2,000 560 -
Grand View Hospital 1,880 947 -
Twp of Upper Makefield 1,800 330 -
Cbsd Central Bucks East Hs 1,725 83 -
Plumstead Twp Patriots Ridge 1,704 21 -
Keystone Trade Center 1,454 755 -
Richlandtown Water Department 1,450 1,203 -
Cbsd Holicong MS 1,300 89 -
Village of Buckingham Springs 1,295 211 -
Plumstead Twp Summer Hill Mead 1,284 272 -
Cbsd Tohickon Middle School 1,100 43 -
Nwwa Logan Square 1,000 695 -
Riegelsville Water Authority 980 399 -
Trumbauersville Mun Waterworks 974 989 -
Cbsd Groveland Es 961 25 -
Peddlers Village 960 184 -
Umh Arbor Estates 920 171 -
Nwwa Olde Colonial Greene 900 251 -
Dunkin Donuts Newtown 900 12 -
Sol Feinstone Elem School 900 525 -
Richland Meadows MHP 750 238 -

Compare beyond Pennsylvania

Mid-flagged peers for Bucks County

Cross-state counties nearest Bucks County on flagged-system share (99.3%) and cumulative violation count (59,577). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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