Community Water System · PWS PA1090022
Falls Twp Water & Sewer Dept
Operator location Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania - 28% of 144 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 24,400 served per SDWIS.
- 24,400
- People served (this PWS)
- 144
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 41
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 2 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Falls Twp Water & Sewer Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
28% of 144 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 28% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #2,290 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Falls Twp Water & Sewer Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (144), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (24,400; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 28% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).
- #2,290 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #83 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 144
- Total EPA violations on record
- 28%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
2 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 8,511
- County
- Bucks
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 40
- Monitoring Violations
- 82
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 25 | 2014 |
| Chlorine | MR | 22 | 2020 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 19 | 2020 |
| TTHM | MCL | 11 | 2011 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 9 | 2009 |
| TTHM | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 8 | 2020 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 6 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 4 | 2016 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2016 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 4 | 2020 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Other | 2 | 2016 |
| Asbestos | MR | 2 | 2022 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 1 | 1994 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Falls Twp Water & Sewer Dept has 144 recorded EPA violations, 80% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 20% carry more. 28% of this system's own violations are health-based (41 of 144), and it ranks #2,290 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)
144 Higher than most more violations than 80% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 3 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFDoA | 8/31/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/31/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/31/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/31/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/31/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/31/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/31/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/31/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/31/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/31/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/31/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/31/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/31/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/31/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/31/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/31/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/31/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/31/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/31/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/31/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/31/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/31/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/31/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/31/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/31/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/31/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/31/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/31/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/31/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/22/2024 | 3.10 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 8/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/22/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/22/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/22/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/22/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/22/2024 | 3.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/22/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/22/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/22/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/22/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Falls Twp Water & Sewer Dept
41 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for PA1090022.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
144 violations · 24,400 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 similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Falls Twp Water & Sewer Dept
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