Community Water System · PWS PA2640054
Salem Heights Estate
Operator location Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 62 people served; 6,572 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 62
- People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
- 6,572
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 120
- Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Salem Heights Estate standing, high SDWIS violation third
62 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Salem Heights Estate sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (6,572), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (62; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 6,572
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 62
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- Private
- Connections
- 40
- County
- Wayne
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 20
- Monitoring Violations
- 5,763
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 100
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Notice | Other | 657 | 2025 |
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 224 | 2025 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 197 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 172 | 2025 |
| Endrin | MR | 161 | 2018 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 161 | 2018 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 161 | 2018 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 161 | 2018 |
| Chlorine | MR | 160 | 2025 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 160 | 2018 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 160 | 2018 |
| Chlordane | MR | 160 | 2018 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 160 | 2018 |
| Atrazine | MR | 160 | 2018 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 159 | 2018 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 159 | 2018 |
| LASSO | MR | 159 | 2018 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 158 | 2018 |
| Dalapon | MR | 157 | 2018 |
| Endothall | MR | 157 | 2018 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 157 | 2018 |
| Simazine | MR | 157 | 2018 |
| Picloram | MR | 157 | 2018 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 157 | 2018 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 157 | 2018 |
| Diquat | MR | 157 | 2018 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 156 | 2018 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 156 | 2018 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 156 | 2018 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 156 | 2018 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Salem Heights Estate has 6,572 recorded EPA violations, 100% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 0% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (120 of 6,572), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
6,572 Higher than most more violations than 99%+ 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
Salem Heights Estate 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 Salem Heights Estate
EPA SDWIS lists 62 people served and 40 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
6,572 violations · 62 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.
What to do with Salem Heights Estate
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