Community Water System · PWS KS2013911
Scranton, City Of
Operator location Scranton, Kansas - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 651 people served; 110 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 651
- People served (this PWS)
- 110
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 14
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Scranton, City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
651 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 13% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #25,172 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Scranton, City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (110), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (651; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 13% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #25,172 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #385 of 424
- Population · KS
- 110
- Total EPA violations on record
- 13%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 280
- County
- Osage
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 7
- Monitoring Violations
- 57
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 7
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 40 | 2011 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 26 | 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 11 | 2016 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 7 | 2004 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 7 | 2000 |
| Public Notice | Other | 5 | 2017 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2016 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 1 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Scranton, City Of has 110 recorded EPA violations, 75% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 25% carry more. 13% of this system's own violations are health-based (14 of 110), and it ranks #25,172 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
110 Around the middle fewer violations than 25% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Scranton, City Of
EPA SDWIS lists 651 people served and 280 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
110 violations · 651 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Scranton, City Of
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Kansas compares on the same EPA violation measures. Kansas systems
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