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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS PA2400423

Misericordia University

Operator location Dallas, Pennsylvania - 0% of 1,375 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 2,400 served per SDWIS.

2,400
People served (this PWS)
1,375
EPA violations (this PWS)
5
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Misericordia University standing, high SDWIS violation third

0% of 1,375 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Population rank #12,268 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Misericordia University sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (1,375), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,400 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#12,268 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#469 of 1,340
Population · PA
1,375
Total EPA violations on record
0%
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
7
County
Luzerne
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
1,165
Treatment Tech Violations
5

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Public Notice Other 190 2025
2,4,5-TP MR 48 2025
BHC-GAMMA MR 30 2023
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 27 2023
Toxaphene MR 25 2025
Styrene MR 23 2001
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 22 2001
Xylenes, Total MR 22 2001
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 22 2001
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 22 2001
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 22 2001
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 22 2001
Carbon tetrachloride MR 22 2001
Trichloroethylene MR 22 2001
Toluene MR 22 2001
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 22 2001
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 22 2001
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 22 2001
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 22 2001
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 22 2001
Benzene MR 22 2001
Ethylbenzene MR 22 2001
CHLOROBENZENE MR 22 2001
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 22 2001
Tetrachloroethylene MR 22 2001
Heptachlor epoxide MR 21 2023
Methoxychlor MR 18 2011
Diquat MR 18 2011
Endothall MR 18 2011
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 18 2011

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Misericordia University has 1,375 recorded EPA violations, 100% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 0% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 1,375), and it ranks #12,268 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)

1,375 Higher than most more violations than 99%+ of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Health-based violations on Misericordia University

5 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for PA2400423.

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

Nationwide peers

1,375 violations · 2,400 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Misericordia University

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
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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