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Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet PA069 · Lackawanna County 119 sys · 22,460 viol · #377/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 98.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 4.3% health
  • RANK-TOP #377/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 66.7% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 97%
  • SYS-MID 119 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lackawanna County ranks #377 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #20 of 68 counties in Pennsylvania. See methodology · corpus placement.

Lackawanna County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 98.3% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 4.3% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 66.7% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #377 of 3,254 · #20 of 68 in Pennsylvania.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Lackawanna County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Greene · lowest Wayne · near Chester · near Sullivan · highest 66.7% 98.1% 98.2% 98.3% 98.6% 98.6% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
PA Amer Water Co Lake Scranton 134,570 59 Detected
PA Amer Water Co Brownell 12,560 7 Clean
Eagle Lake Community Assoc 3,500 1,090 Detected
PA Amer Water Co Fallbrook 2,851 22 -
North Pocono Middle School 1,149 66 -
North Pocono High School 1,100 10 -
Safety Rest Area #55 I81 1,000 20 -
Aqua PA Water Co Chinchilla 904 123 -
Lakeland JR SR High School 820 251 -
Dcnr Lackawanna State Park 800 76 -
Moscow Elementary Center 753 21 -
Clarks Summit State Hospital 747 217 -
Aqua PA Water Co Moscow 600 51 -
North Pocono Intermediate Schl 600 36 -
Aqua PA Jefferson Heights 556 179 -
Bills Plaza 501 745 -
Aqua PA Water Co Thornhurst Cc 500 12 -
Jefferson Elementary School 495 8 -
Lakeland Elementary School 450 233 -
PA Amer Water Co Spangenberg 370 676 -
St Marys Villa Nursing Home 353 598 -
PA Amer Water Co Olwen Heights 330 108 -
Aqua PA Water Co Elmbrook 300 93 -
Tall Timbers Village M H P 275 1,016 -
Elkview Country Club 275 24 -
Aqua PA Water Co Edgewood 265 27 -
Marworth Rehab Center 178 215 -
Rbe Water Association Inc 175 732 -
Happy Acres Development 168 1,507 -
Benton Hills MHP 150 524 -
Sunset Mobile Home Park 150 180 -
Aqua PA Water Co Glenburn 150 25 -
Finch Hill Water Co 150 1,395 -
Sleepy Hollow Golf Course 150 97 -
Aqua PA Water Co Sunset Hills 145 28 -
Elmhurst Country Club 140 172 -
S&h Plaza 140 125 -
Mt Laurel Mobile Home Village 120 127 -
Aqua PA Water Co Mount Cobb 120 12 -
Edgewood Mobile Home Park 117 615 -
Pocono Mt Bible Conference 100 46 -
Huspp 180 First Ave 100 11 -
Lakemart 100 127 -
Schultzville Deli 100 40 -
Rustic Route Tavern 100 42 -
Camp Comanche at Harmony Heart 100 73 -
The Country Club of Scranton 100 245 -
Marjon Golf Course 100 128 -
Scott Exxon Subway 100 100 -
Big Bass Lake Clubhouse 100 53 -

Compare beyond Pennsylvania

Mid-flagged peers for Lackawanna County

Cross-state counties nearest Lackawanna County on flagged-system share (98.3%) and cumulative violation count (22,460). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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