Community Water System · PWS PA1090131
Richland Twp Water Authority
Operator location Quakertown, Pennsylvania - UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 555 violations and 6,800 people served.
- 6,800
- People served (this PWS)
- 555
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 43
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 7 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Richland Twp Water Authority standing, high SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #6,250 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Richland Twp Water Authority sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (555), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (6,800; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #6,250 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #215 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 555
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
7 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 2,382
- County
- Bucks
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 43
- Monitoring Violations
- 465
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic | MCL | 32 | 2010 |
| Public Notice | Other | 32 | 2011 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 19 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 17 | 2005 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 16 | 2023 |
| Chlorine | MR | 15 | 2024 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 12 | 2012 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 12 | 2012 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 12 | 2012 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 11 | 2010 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 11 | 2011 |
| Arsenic | MR | 10 | 2011 |
| Dalapon | MR | 10 | 2017 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 9 | 2008 |
| TTHM | MR | 9 | 2008 |
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 9 | 2024 |
| E. COLI | MR | 8 | 2010 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 7 | 2011 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 7 | 2011 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 7 | 2011 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 6 | 2012 |
| Endothall | MR | 6 | 2012 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 6 | 2012 |
| Simazine | MR | 6 | 2012 |
| Picloram | MR | 6 | 2012 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 6 | 2012 |
| Atrazine | MR | 6 | 2012 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 6 | 2012 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 6 | 2012 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Richland Twp Water Authority has 555 recorded EPA violations, 96% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 4% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (43 of 555), and it ranks #6,250 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)
555 Higher than most more violations than 96% 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. 31 of 174 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEtFOSAA | 4/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/23/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/23/2025 | 3.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/23/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/23/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/23/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/23/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/23/2025 | 7.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/23/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/23/2025 | 4.30 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 4/23/2025 | 4.30 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/23/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/23/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/23/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/23/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/23/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/23/2025 | 7.90 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 4/23/2025 | 6.30 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/23/2025 | 3.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/23/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/23/2025 | 4.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/23/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/23/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/23/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/23/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/23/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Richland Twp Water Authority
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS PA1090131 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
555 violations · 6,800 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Richland Twp Water Authority
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