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Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet PA079 · Luzerne County 251 sys · 44,749 viol · #214/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 98.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 2.9% health
  • RANK-TOP #214/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 54.5% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 96%
  • SYS-LARGE 251 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Luzerne County ranks #214 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #9 of 68 counties in Pennsylvania. See methodology · corpus placement.

Luzerne County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 98.8% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 2.9% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 54.5% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #214 of 3,254 · #9 of 68 in Pennsylvania.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Luzerne County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Greene · lowest Westmoreland · near Bradford · near Sullivan · highest 66.7% 98.8% 98.8% 98.9% 98.9% 98.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Paw Ceasetown 58,467 10 Clean
Paw Nesbitt 52,640 11 Clean
Paw Watres 52,002 18 Clean
Hca Hazleton Division 45,000 370 Clean
Paw Huntsville 11,987 0 Clean
Humboldt Industrial Park 11,243 1,007 Detected
Paw Crystal Lake 9,773 3 Detected
Veolia Water PA Dallas 7,563 267 Detected
Freeland Boro Muni Water Auth 4,610 324 Detected
Onvo Dorrance Sunoco 3,600 29 -
Veolia Water PA Shavertown 3,472 37 -
Conyngham Sugarloaf Joint MA 3,230 1,576 -
Sci Dallas 2,900 507 -
Aqua PA Beech Mountain 2,646 337 -
Aqua PA Midway 2,450 282 -
Misericordia University 2,400 1,375 -
PA DOT Safety Rest Area #39 2,200 10 -
PA DOT Safety Rest Area #53 2,200 10 -
Dcnr Ricketts Glen State Park 2,000 32 -
Camp Kresge on Beaver Lake 1,785 100 -
Aqua PA Sand Springs 1,383 180 -
Can Do Corporate Center 1,291 158 -
Aqua PA White Haven 1,200 76 -
Dcnr Frances Slocum State Park 1,067 28 -
Hca Delano Park Place 1,017 108 -
Susquehanna Steam Electric St 1,000 142 -
Wendys Restaurant Drums 1,000 70 -
Burger King Shavertown 900 39 -
Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus 891 104 -
Lehman Jackson Elementary 875 346 Detected
Rice Elementary School 838 205 -
Irem Temple Country Club 800 239 -
Lake Lehman High School 750 374 -
Northwest JR SR High School 650 30 -
Rittenhouse Place 647 2,136 -
Eei Meadows Complex 628 452 Detected
Camp Orchard Hill Inc 620 179 -
Drums Fuel Stop 600 33 -
Aqua PA Laurel Lakes 552 600 -
Keystone Job Corps Center 500 588 -
Nelly Plaza 500 13 -
Bear Mart 500 103 -
Rocks Realty 500 57 -
Echo Valley Estates 490 99 -
Valley View MHP 480 215 -
Lake Noxen Elementary School 450 191 -
Aqua PA Yalick Farms 442 14 -
Aqua PA Oakhill 434 262 -
Aqua PA Forest Park 420 425 -
Northwest Intermediate School 410 232 -

Compare beyond Pennsylvania

Mid-flagged peers for Luzerne County

Cross-state counties nearest Luzerne County on flagged-system share (98.8%) and cumulative violation count (44,749). 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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