Community Water System · PWS PA2590036
Knoxville Water Department
Operator location Knoxville, Pennsylvania - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 590 people served; 578 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 590
- People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
- 578
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 16
- Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Knoxville Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third
590 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #26,735 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Knoxville Water Department sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (578), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (590; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #26,735 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,164 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 578
- Total EPA violations on record
- 3%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 448
- County
- Tioga
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 529
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 16
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 19 | 2018 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 16 | 2015 |
| Public Notice | Other | 16 | 2016 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 16 | 2016 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 15 | 2024 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 15 | 2015 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 15 | 2015 |
| Simazine | MR | 15 | 2015 |
| Atrazine | MR | 15 | 2015 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 15 | 2015 |
| Chlordane | MR | 15 | 2015 |
| Endothall | MR | 13 | 2015 |
| Chlorine | MR | 12 | 2011 |
| TTHM | MR | 12 | 2023 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 12 | 2023 |
| Nitrate | MR | 11 | 2024 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| Endrin | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 11 | 2015 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Knoxville Water Department has 578 recorded EPA violations, 97% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 3% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (16 of 578), and it ranks #26,735 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)
578 Higher than most more violations than 97% 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
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Knoxville Water Department plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
Population served record for Knoxville Water Department
EPA SDWIS lists 590 people served and 448 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
578 violations · 590 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 Knoxville Water Department
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