Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS PA2640523
Sterling Sewer and Water Co
Operator location Scranton, Pennsylvania - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 903 people served; 90 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 903
- People served (this PWS)
- 90
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 15
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Sterling Sewer and Water Co standing, high SDWIS violation third
903 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #20,927 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Sterling Sewer and Water Co sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (90), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (903; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #20,927 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #840 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 90
- Total EPA violations on record
- 17%
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 10
- County
- Wayne
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 44
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 15
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Notice | Other | 15 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 15 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 10 | 2025 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | MR | 6 | 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 6 | 2022 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 2023 |
| Nitrite | MR | 4 | 2023 |
| Diquat | MR | 3 | 2011 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| Picloram | MR | 2 | 2023 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 2 | 2023 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 2 | 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2025 |
| Dalapon | MR | 2 | 2023 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 2 | 2023 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 2 | 2023 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Sterling Sewer and Water Co has 90 recorded EPA violations, 71% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 29% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (15 of 90), and it ranks #20,927 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)
90 Around the middle fewer violations than 29% 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 Sterling Sewer and Water Co
EPA SDWIS lists 903 people served and 10 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
90 violations · 903 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 Sterling Sewer and Water Co
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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