Community Water System · PWS PA3060053
Oley Twp Muni Auth
Operator location Oley, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 120 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,204 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,204
- People served (this PWS)
- 120
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 8
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Oley Twp Muni Auth standing, high SDWIS violation third
120 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 7% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,823 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Oley Twp Muni Auth sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (120), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,204 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 7% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,823 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #489 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 120
- Total EPA violations on record
- 7%
- 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
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 782
- County
- Berks
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 98
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 25 | 2025 |
| Nitrate | MR | 21 | 2025 |
| Nitrite | MR | 18 | 2025 |
| Chlorine | MR | 10 | 2004 |
| Public Notice | Other | 8 | 2011 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2004 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 4 | 2011 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2020 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2005 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | MR | 2 | 2014 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Nickel | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| Endrin | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 1 | 1982 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Oley Twp Muni Auth has 120 recorded EPA violations, 77% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 23% carry more. 7% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 120), and it ranks #12,823 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)
120 Higher than most more violations than 77% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Oley Twp Muni Auth
120 violations on record for PA3060053; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
120 violations · 2,204 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
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