Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS PA2451059
Spruce Lake Retreat Wldrns Cmp
Operator location Canadensis, Pennsylvania - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 900 people served; 272 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 900
- People served (this PWS)
- 272
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 59
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Spruce Lake Retreat Wldrns Cmp standing, high SDWIS violation third
900 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 22% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #21,154 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Spruce Lake Retreat Wldrns Cmp 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 smaller (900; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 22% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #21,154 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #849 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 272
- Total EPA violations on record
- 22%
- 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
- Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 11
- County
- Monroe
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 55
- Monitoring Violations
- 204
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrite | MR | 100 | 2020 |
| Nitrate | MR | 99 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 55 | 2014 |
| E. COLI | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 4 | 2017 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 4 | 2017 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2017 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Spruce Lake Retreat Wldrns Cmp has 272 recorded EPA violations, 90% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 10% carry more. 22% of this system's own violations are health-based (59 of 272), and it ranks #21,154 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
Population served record for Spruce Lake Retreat Wldrns Cmp
EPA SDWIS lists 900 people served and 11 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
272 violations · 900 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Spruce Lake Retreat Wldrns Cmp
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