Question 1

Is Pleasant Valley Plaza water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Pleasant Valley Plaza (PWS ID: PA2450990) has 45 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 500 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Pleasant Valley Plaza serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Pleasant Valley Plaza serves 500 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Tobyhanna or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 1 service connections. The operator address is listed in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania.

Question 3

What type of violations does Pleasant Valley Plaza have?

Accepted Answer

Pleasant Valley Plaza has 45 total violations: 2 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 42 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Pleasant Valley Plaza water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Pleasant Valley Plaza under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Pleasant Valley Plaza use?

Accepted Answer

Pleasant Valley Plaza uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Transient Non-Community Water System, serving transient populations.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Pleasant Valley Plaza sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Pleasant Valley Plaza ranks #29,499 of 29,740 by people served, and #1,243 of 1,340 in Pennsylvania. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Pleasant Valley Plaza's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Pleasant Valley Plaza has 45 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 46% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 54% of that cohort has fewer violations than Pleasant Valley Plaza. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	2	1994
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	1994
Xylenes, Total	MR	2	1994
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	1994
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	2	1994
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	2	1994
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	2	1994
Trichloroethylene	MR	2	1994
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	2	1994
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	2	1994
Benzene	MR	2	1994
Toluene	MR	2	1994
Ethylbenzene	MR	2	1994
Styrene	MR	2	1994
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	2	1994
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	2	1994
Coliform (TCR)	MR	2	2015
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	2	1994
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	2	1994
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	2	1994
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	1994
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	2	1994

Pleasant Valley Plaza

Pleasant Valley Plaza standing, mid SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for Pleasant Valley Plaza

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems near this violation count

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints