Community Water System · PWS PA3540012
Tamaqua Area Water Authority
Operator location Tamaqua, Pennsylvania - larger served population (> 3,309) at 8,000 people served; 168 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 8,000
- People served (this PWS)
- 168
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 21
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Tamaqua Area Water Authority standing, high SDWIS violation third
8,000 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 13% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #5,620 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Tamaqua Area Water Authority sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (168), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (8,000; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 13% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #5,620 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #189 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 168
- 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
- 3,591
- County
- Schuylkill
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 17
- Monitoring Violations
- 95
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 39 | 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 23 | 2023 |
| Chlorine | MR | 19 | 2023 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 17 | 2024 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 14 | 2022 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 10 | 2023 |
| Public Notice | Other | 10 | 2024 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 4 | 2021 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 2006 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | MR | 2 | 2020 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1983 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1976 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1983 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1983 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 1983 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1983 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 1983 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1983 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Tamaqua Area Water Authority has 168 recorded EPA violations, 83% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 17% carry more. 13% of this system's own violations are health-based (21 of 168), and it ranks #5,620 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)
168 Higher than most more violations than 83% 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. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFDoA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/9/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/9/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/9/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/9/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/9/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/9/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/9/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/9/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/9/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/9/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/9/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/9/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/23/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/23/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/23/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/23/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/23/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Tamaqua Area Water Authority
EPA SDWIS lists 8,000 people served and 3,591 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
168 violations · 8,000 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 Tamaqua Area Water Authority
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