Community Water System · PWS PA3060066
Western Berks Water Auth
Operator location Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 75 people served; 261 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 75
- People served (this PWS)
- 261
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 15
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Western Berks Water Auth standing, high SDWIS violation third
75 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Western Berks Water Auth sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (261), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (75; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 261
- Total EPA violations on record
- 6%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 75
- 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.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 18
- County
- Berks
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 235
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 15
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 13 | 2017 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 10 | 2002 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 9 | 2022 |
| Nitrite | MR | 8 | 2017 |
| Cadmium | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Nickel | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Selenium | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Arsenic | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Barium | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Fluoride | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Mercury | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Chromium | MR | 8 | 2013 |
| Chlorine | MR | 7 | 2014 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 5 | 2014 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 5 | 1991 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Toluene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
| Styrene | MR | 4 | 2005 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Western Berks Water Auth has 261 recorded EPA violations, 89% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 11% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (15 of 261), 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)
261 Higher than most more violations than 89% 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 Western Berks Water Auth
EPA SDWIS lists 75 people served and 18 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
261 violations · 75 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 Western Berks Water Auth
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