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Carbon County, Pennsylvania

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet PA025 · Carbon County 162 sys · 20,757 viol · #752/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 94.4% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.3% health
  • RANK-UPPER #752/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-MID 25.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-LARGE 162 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Carbon County ranks #752 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #34 of 68 counties in Pennsylvania. See methodology · corpus placement.

Carbon County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 94.4% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 7.3% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 25.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #752 of 3,254 · #34 of 68 in Pennsylvania.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Carbon County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Greene · lowest Indiana · near Schuylkill · near Sullivan · highest 66.7% 94.2% 94.3% 94.4% 94.7% 94.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Lansford Coaldale Jt Water Aut 9,300 68 Clean
Lehighton Water Authority 9,000 214 Clean
Palmerton Municipal Authority 7,000 205 Detected
Summit Hill Water Authority 2,890 50 -
Jim Thorpe Borough Water East 2,853 184 -
Nesquehoning Boro Water Auth 2,850 395 -
Weatherly Boro Mun Auth 2,612 1,915 -
Jim Thorpe Borough Water West 2,274 274 -
Wawa #270 2,000 7 -
Lehigh Gorge Rockport 999 123 -
Beaver Meadows Borough 968 566 -
Bowmanstown Authority 900 258 -
Jack Frost Mtn Summit Lodge 900 41 -
Palmerton Memorial Park 900 78 -
Big Boulder Ski Area 800 61 -
Jim Thorpe School K to 8 Grade 660 53 -
Carbon Plaza Mall 650 58 Clean
The Woods 600 179 -
Wendys Lehighton Restaurant 600 0 -
Blue Mt Ski Area 501 418 -
S R Water 500 656 -
Comfort Inn White Haven 500 121 -
The Riverwalck 500 125 -
Country Junction 500 52 -
Hickory Run State Park 500 18 -
Burger King White Haven 500 12 -
Mid Lakes Development 490 70 -
Northside Heights Estates 461 291 -
Blue Heron Homeowners Assoc 450 92 -
Towamensing Elementary 430 32 -
McAdoo Industrial Park Water 400 186 -
Burger King Lehighton 400 111 -
Square One Lehighton 400 26 -
McDonalds White Haven 400 228 -
Penns Peak 400 59 -
Hickory Run Service Plaza 350 312 -
Sunny Rest Resort 300 46 -
Lizard Creek Campground 300 44 -
Palmerton Rod and Gun Club Inc 300 27 -
Econo Lodge Inn & Suites 300 8 -
Penn Forest Vol Fire Company#1 299 36 -
Snow Ridge Village 285 137 -
Exeter Blakeslee Lot 100 285 36 -
Nis Hollow Estates 265 705 -
Thorpes 903 250 68 -
Mauch Chunk Lake Park 250 12 -
Camp Mosey Wood 240 19 -
Cypress Park 210 89 -
Holiday Inn Express Whit Haven 200 27 -
Beaver Run Rod & Gun Club 200 46 -

Compare beyond Pennsylvania

Mid-flagged peers for Carbon County

Cross-state counties nearest Carbon County on flagged-system share (94.4%) and cumulative violation count (20,757). 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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