Community Water System · PWS PA3130044
Jim Thorpe Borough Water West
Operator location Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 274 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,274 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,274
- People served (this PWS)
- 274
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 36
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Jim Thorpe Borough Water West standing, high SDWIS violation third
274 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 13% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,634 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Jim Thorpe Borough Water West sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (274), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,274 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 13% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,634 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #487 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 274
- Total EPA violations on record
- 13%
- 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
- 785
- County
- Carbon
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 13
- Monitoring Violations
- 220
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 23
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 30 | 2022 |
| TTHM | MR | 28 | 2023 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 21 | 2015 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 16 | 2020 |
| Public Notice | Other | 13 | 2021 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 13 | 2011 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 7 | 2004 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2016 |
| Endrin | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Dalapon | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Endothall | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Picloram | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Atrazine | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| LASSO | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Chlordane | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 4 | 2014 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Jim Thorpe Borough Water West has 274 recorded EPA violations, 90% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 10% carry more. 13% of this system's own violations are health-based (36 of 274), and it ranks #12,634 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)
274 Higher than most more violations than 90% 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 Jim Thorpe Borough Water West
274 violations on record for PA3130044; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
274 violations · 2,274 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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