Community Water System · PWS PA1090122
Twp of Upper Makefield
Operator location Newtown, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 330 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,800 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,800
- People served (this PWS)
- 330
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 5
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Twp of Upper Makefield standing, high SDWIS violation third
330 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #14,489 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Twp of Upper Makefield sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (330), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,800 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #14,489 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #555 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 330
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- 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
- 596
- County
- Bucks
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 299
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 5
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 17 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 16 | 2010 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 13 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 7 | 2010 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 5 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 5 | 2014 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Dalapon | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Diquat | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Picloram | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Chlordane | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Arsenic | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Cadmium | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Chromium | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Fluoride | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Mercury | MR | 4 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Twp of Upper Makefield has 330 recorded EPA violations, 92% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 8% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 330), and it ranks #14,489 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)
330 Higher than most more violations than 92% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Twp of Upper Makefield
330 violations on record for PA1090122; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
330 violations · 1,800 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Twp of Upper Makefield
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