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Community Water System · PWS PA3060082

Mt Penn Boro Muni Auth

Operator location Reading, Pennsylvania - UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 121 violations and 10,400 people served.

10,400
People served (this PWS)
121
EPA violations (this PWS)
6
Health-based (this PWS)
2 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Mt Penn Boro Muni Auth standing, high SDWIS violation third

UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #4,536 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Mt Penn Boro Muni Auth sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (121), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (10,400; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).

#4,536 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#145 of 1,340
Population · PA
121
Total EPA violations on record
5%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

2 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
3,700
County
Berks
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
4
Monitoring Violations
93
Treatment Tech Violations
2

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Groundwater Rule MR 53 2022
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 15 2017
Chlorine MR 14 2016
Coliform (TCR) MR 4 2000
Fluoride MR 4 2006
Coliform (TCR) MCL 4 2008
TTHM MR 4 2014
Radium-226 MR 4 2017
Radium-228 MR 4 2017
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 4 2014
Groundwater Rule TT 2 2012
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 2 1988

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Mt Penn Boro Muni Auth has 121 recorded EPA violations, 77% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 23% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 121), and it ranks #4,536 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)

121 Higher than most more violations than 77% 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

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 4 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFEESA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 7/15/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 7/15/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 7/15/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 7/15/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 7/15/2025 5.40 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFHxA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 7/15/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 7/15/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 7/15/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 7/15/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 7/15/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 7/15/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 7/15/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 7/15/2025 5.70 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFDoA 7/15/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 6/26/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 6/26/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 6/26/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 6/26/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 6/26/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 6/26/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 6/26/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 6/26/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 6/26/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 6/26/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 6/26/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 6/26/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 6/26/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 6/26/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 6/26/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 6/26/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 6/26/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 6/26/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 6/26/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 6/26/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 6/26/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 6/26/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 6/26/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 6/26/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 6/26/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

UCMR5 PFAS record for Mt Penn Boro Muni Auth

Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS PA3060082 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water

Nationwide peers

121 violations · 10,400 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Mt Penn Boro Muni Auth

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater