Community Water System · PWS PA1090081
Doylestown Boro Water Dept
Operator location Doylestown, Pennsylvania - UCMR5 detected 10 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 210 violations and 8,700 people served.
- 8,700
- People served (this PWS)
- 210
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 7
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 10 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Doylestown Boro Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 10 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #5,266 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Doylestown Boro Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (210), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (8,700; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 10 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #5,266 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #167 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 210
- Total EPA violations on record
- 3%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
10 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 3,289
- County
- Bucks
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 197
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 28 | 2023 |
| Nitrite | MR | 25 | 2023 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 24 | 2014 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 13 | 2023 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 12 | 2024 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 8 | 1991 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 8 | 1991 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 8 | 1991 |
| Benzene | MR | 8 | 1991 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 8 | 1991 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 8 | 1991 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 8 | 1991 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 8 | 1991 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2015 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2015 |
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 3 | 2017 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 2 | 1996 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 2 | 2017 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 2 | 1995 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 2 | 2017 |
| Dalapon | MR | 2 | 2017 |
| Chlorine | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2022 |
| Picloram | MR | 2 | 2017 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| Trichloroethylene | MCL | 1 | 1989 |
| Endrin | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 1 | 1982 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Doylestown Boro Water Dept has 210 recorded EPA violations, 86% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 14% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 210), and it ranks #5,266 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)
210 Higher than most more violations than 86% 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. 72 of 290 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:2 FTS | 4/28/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/28/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/28/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/28/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/28/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/28/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/28/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/28/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/28/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/28/2025 | 3.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/28/2025 | 5.60 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/28/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/28/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/28/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/28/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/28/2025 | 11.20 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBS | 4/28/2025 | 5.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/28/2025 | 6.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 4/28/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/28/2025 | 8.70 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/28/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/28/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/28/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/28/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/28/2025 | 6.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/28/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/28/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/28/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/28/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/22/2025 | 4.60 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/22/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/22/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/22/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/22/2025 | 14.60 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 4/22/2025 | 5.20 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/22/2025 | 5.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBS | 4/22/2025 | 7.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBA | 4/22/2025 | 5.70 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/22/2025 | 11.30 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/22/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/22/2025 | 8.60 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/22/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/22/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/22/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/22/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Doylestown Boro Water Dept
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS PA1090081 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
210 violations · 8,700 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 Doylestown Boro Water Dept
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