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Erie County, Pennsylvania

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet PA049 · Erie County 146 sys · 23,068 viol · #228/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 97.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.6% health
  • RANK-TOP #228/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 92%
  • SYS-LARGE 146 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Union County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Erie County ranks #228 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #10 of 68 counties in Pennsylvania. See methodology · corpus placement.

Erie County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.3% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 7.6% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #228 of 3,254 · #10 of 68 in Pennsylvania.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Erie County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Greene · lowest Erie · this county Northampton · near Sullivan · highest 66.7% 97% 97.3% 97.3% 97.6% 97.6% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Erie City Water Authority 220,001 408 Clean
Summit Township Water Authorit 12,500 633 Clean
Municipal Authority of Corry 7,800 383 Clean
Edinboro Water Authority 7,800 428 Clean
North East Township Water 5,848 314 -
Albion Borough 5,842 214 Clean
North East Borough Water Dept 4,601 407 Clean
Fairview Twp Water District 1 4,500 90 Clean
Fairview Twp Water Auth Dist 3 3,320 158 Clean
Girard Boro Water Dept 3,301 1,016 Clean
Union City Municipal Authority 2,952 629 Clean
Lake City Boro Munic Water 2,935 318 -
General McLane Schools 2,000 191 -
Wattsburg Area School Complex 1,900 327 -
Waterford Municipal Authority 1,700 429 Clean
Imperial Point Water Service 1,500 432 -
McKean Twp Waterworks 1,048 22 -
Lakeshore Water Assn 800 273 -
Family Affair Campground 800 140 -
Washington Twp Water System 797 18 Clean
Cranesville Water Department 638 83 -
Port Farms 600 53 -
Wattsburg Boro WTP 450 279 -
Campers Hill 400 35 -
Millfair Heights Water System 390 169 -
Hickory Hill Country Village 375 266 -
Woodhaven Mobile Home Park 350 775 -
Holly Acres MHP 315 316 -
Rainbow Valley Mobile Home 300 168 -
Mount Pleasant of Edinboro 300 35 -
Hawthorne Ridge Camp 300 69 -
Api Technologies Mfg 300 300 -
Camp Eriez 300 105 -
Phb Die Casting 264 55 -
East Springfield Elem School 240 153 -
PA DOT Rest Area L 201 16 -
Phb Machining Division 200 105 -
Camp Sherwin 200 100 -
Sparrow Pond Camp Ground 200 48 -
Youngstown YMCA Camp Fitch Br 196 508 -
Country Gardens Trailer Court 180 198 -
Peaceful Acres Trailers 165 145 -
Palmer Shore Water 150 533 -
Grannys Freezer 150 73 -
Edinboro Conference Grounds 150 122 -
The Scoop 150 65 -
Fed Ex Erie Facility 150 395 -
Millvillage Elementary School 135 48 -
West Haven RV Park & Estates 120 53 -
Majestic Heights 110 192 -

Compare beyond Pennsylvania

Mid-flagged peers for Erie County

Cross-state counties nearest Erie County on flagged-system share (97.3%) and cumulative violation count (23,068). 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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