Community Water System · PWS PA3390081
Whitehall Twp Authority
Operator location Whitehall, Pennsylvania - 54% of 369 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 13,063 served per SDWIS.
- 13,063
- People served (this PWS)
- 369
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 198
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 8 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Whitehall Twp Authority standing, high SDWIS violation third
54% of 369 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 54% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #3,843 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Whitehall Twp Authority sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (369), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (13,063; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 54% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 8 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #3,843 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #129 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 369
- Total EPA violations on record
- 54%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
8 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 2,909
- County
- Lehigh
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 194
- Monitoring Violations
- 160
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 188 | 2004 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 28 | 1994 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 9 | 2006 |
| Nitrate | MR | 9 | 2007 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| Benzene | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| Toluene | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| Styrene | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 4 | 2011 |
| Benzene | MCL | 3 | 1989 |
| TTHM | MCL | 3 | 1989 |
| Chlorine | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 2 | 2011 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Whitehall Twp Authority has 369 recorded EPA violations, 93% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 7% carry more. 54% of this system's own violations are health-based (198 of 369), and it ranks #3,843 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)
369 Higher than most more violations than 93% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 23 of 290 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFDHA | 5/1/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/1/2025 | 3.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/1/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/1/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/1/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/1/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/1/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/1/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/1/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/1/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/1/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/1/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/1/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/1/2025 | 3.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/1/2025 | 4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOS | 5/1/2025 | 5.10 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 5/1/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/1/2025 | 7.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/1/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/1/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/1/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/1/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/1/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/1/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/1/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/1/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/1/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/1/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/1/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/1/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/1/2025 | 3.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/1/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/1/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/1/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/1/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Whitehall Twp Authority
198 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for PA3390081.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
369 violations · 13,063 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 similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Whitehall Twp Authority
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Pennsylvania compares on the same EPA violation measures. Pennsylvania systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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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.