Community Water System · PWS PA1150109
Borough of Atglen
Operator location Atglen, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 146 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,406 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,406
- People served (this PWS)
- 146
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Borough of Atglen standing, high SDWIS violation third
146 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 #16,500 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Borough of Atglen sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (146), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,406 (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.
- #16,500 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #648 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 146
- 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
- 450
- County
- Chester
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 130
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 17 | 2015 |
| Nitrate | MR | 17 | 2018 |
| Chlorine | MR | 12 | 2014 |
| Nitrite | MR | 10 | 2018 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 9 | 2014 |
| Public Notice | Other | 8 | 2019 |
| Atrazine | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2004 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2013 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Nitrate | MCL | 3 | 2015 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| Endrin | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| Diquat | MR | 1 | 2014 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 1 | 2014 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 1 | 2014 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 1 | 2014 |
| Simazine | MR | 1 | 2014 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 1 | 2014 |
| Picloram | MR | 1 | 2014 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 1 | 2014 |
| LASSO | MR | 1 | 2014 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 1 | 2014 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Borough of Atglen has 146 recorded EPA violations, 81% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 19% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 146), and it ranks #16,500 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)
146 Higher than most more violations than 81% 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 Borough of Atglen
146 violations on record for PA1150109; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
146 violations · 1,406 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 Borough of Atglen
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