Community Water System · PWS PA1090157
Plumstead Twp Summer Hill Mead
Operator location Pipersville, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 272 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,284 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,284
- People served (this PWS)
- 272
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 12
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Plumstead Twp Summer Hill Mead standing, high SDWIS violation third
272 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 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #17,279 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Plumstead Twp Summer Hill Mead sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (272), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,284 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,279 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #678 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 272
- Total EPA violations on record
- 4%
- 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
- 382
- County
- Bucks
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 242
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MCL | 12 | 2018 |
| Public Notice | Other | 12 | 2018 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Endothall | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Simazine | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Atrazine | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| LASSO | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Picloram | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Chlordane | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 9 | 2000 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2013 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 6 | 2023 |
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 2006 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 2019 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 2019 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Plumstead Twp Summer Hill Mead has 272 recorded EPA violations, 90% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 10% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (12 of 272), and it ranks #17,279 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)
272 Higher than most more violations than 90% 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 Plumstead Twp Summer Hill Mead
272 violations on record for PA1090157; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
272 violations · 1,284 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 Plumstead Twp Summer Hill Mead
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