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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS PA2400394

Northwest JR SR High School

Operator location Shickshinny, Pennsylvania - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 650 people served; 30 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

650
People served (this PWS)
30
EPA violations (this PWS)
3
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Northwest JR SR High School standing, mid SDWIS violation third

650 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 10% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #25,325 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Northwest JR SR High School lands in the middle third by violation volume (30), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (650; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 10% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#25,325 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#1,067 of 1,340
Population · PA
30
Total EPA violations on record
10%
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
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Public/Private
Connections
1
County
Luzerne
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
10
Treatment Tech Violations
3

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Nitrate MR 5 1993
Lead and Copper Rule MR 4 1994
Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 3 2018
Revised Total Coliform Rule Other 2 2016
Public Notice Other 1 2018
Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 1 2018
Nitrite MR 1 1993

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Northwest JR SR High School has 30 recorded EPA violations, 42% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 57% carry more. 10% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 30), and it ranks #25,325 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)

30 Lower than most fewer violations than 57% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for Northwest JR SR High School

EPA SDWIS lists 650 people served and 1 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water

Nationwide peers

30 violations · 650 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Northwest JR SR High School

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Pennsylvania compares on the same EPA violation measures. Pennsylvania systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater