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Cambria County, Pennsylvania

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet PA021 · Cambria County 70 sys · 19,662 viol · #440/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 95.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.6% health
  • RANK-TOP #440/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 10.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 71%
  • SYS-MID 70 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: York County (+ 0.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Cambria County ranks #440 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #23 of 68 counties in Pennsylvania. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cambria County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.6% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 10.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #440 of 3,254 · #23 of 68 in Pennsylvania.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Cambria County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Greene · lowest Adams · near York · near Sullivan · highest 66.7% 95.2% 95.2% 95.7% 96.2% 96.2% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Greater Johnstown WA Riverside 49,500 186 Clean
Highland S & W Auth Beaverdam 22,617 189 Clean
Ebensburg Boro Muni Auth 8,500 789 Clean
Portage Boro Muni Auth 6,500 890 Clean
Northern Cambria Muni Water 4,500 370 Clean
Southwestern Cambria Cnty Auth 4,400 111 Clean
Jackson Twp Water Auth 4,236 295 -
Glendale Valley Municipal Auth 3,200 272 Clean
Nanty Glo Water Auth 3,152 466 Detected
East Taylor Muni Auth 3,152 332 -
Gallitzin Boro Water Auth 3,130 279 -
Cresson Twp Muni Auth 2,500 532 -
Hastings Muni Auth 2,100 100 Clean
Saint Francis University 2,072 43 -
Patton Boro Water Dept 1,805 432 -
Reade Twp Muni Auth 1,746 179 -
Cresson Boro Water Sys 1,700 65 -
Blacklick Valley Muni Auth 1,650 174 -
Federal Corr Institute Loretto 1,500 308 -
Lilly Borough Water Authority 1,388 615 -
Cambria Twp Water Auth 1,000 322 -
Croyle Twp Water Auth 989 163 Clean
Prince Gallitzin State Park 962 437 -
Duman Lake County Park 900 64 -
Carrolltown Boro Muni Auth 850 427 -
Sankertown Boro Water Sys 760 54 -
Highland S & W Auth Lloydell 723 49 -
West Carroll W Auth Bakerton 670 645 -
St Nicholas Church Hall 500 54 -
W Carroll Twp W Auth St Bened 488 551 -
Loretto Boro Water Sys 480 140 -
Highland S&W Auth Northern End 463 244 -
Woodland Park Campground 400 69 -
Colver Sportsmans Club 300 28 -
Keystone Restaurant 250 44 -
Dean Twp Water System 216 630 -
Rock Run Recreation Area 200 42 -
Camp Conshatawba 200 102 -
Greater Johnstown WA Saltlick 170 215 -
St Nicholas Catholic School 150 496 -
Saint Monica Church Hall 150 70 -
Coal Country Campground 120 43 -
Pirates Cove 110 41 -
Island BBQ 100 49 -
Captain Rons Deli 100 65 -
Teakettle Run Water Auth 92 263 -
N E Trailer Court 81 516 -
Cambrian Hills Gc 80 123 -
Marsteller Comm Water Auth 75 1,783 -
Reds Bar B Que 75 47 -

Compare beyond Pennsylvania

Mid-flagged peers for Cambria County

Cross-state counties nearest Cambria County on flagged-system share (95.7%) and cumulative violation count (19,662). 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

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

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