Community Water System · PWS PA3540046
Scma-Tremont
Operator location Pottsville, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 216 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,515 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,515
- People served (this PWS)
- 216
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 10
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Scma-Tremont standing, high SDWIS violation third
216 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 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,815 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Scma-Tremont sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (216), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,515 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,815 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #451 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 216
- 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.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 798
- County
- Schuylkill
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 7
- Monitoring Violations
- 154
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 8 | 1991 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 6 | 1990 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1990 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 6 | 1990 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 6 | 1990 |
| Styrene | MR | 6 | 1990 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 6 | 1990 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 6 | 1990 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 2009 |
| Toluene | MR | 6 | 1990 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 6 | 1990 |
| Selenium | MR | 6 | 1995 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1990 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 6 | 1990 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 6 | 1990 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 6 | 1990 |
| Endrin | MR | 3 | 1985 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 3 | 1985 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Selenium | MCL | 3 | 1990 |
| Nickel | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 3 | 1985 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 3 | 1992 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Scma-Tremont has 216 recorded EPA violations, 86% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 14% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 216), and it ranks #11,815 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)
216 Higher than most more violations than 86% 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 Scma-Tremont
216 violations on record for PA3540046; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
216 violations · 2,515 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).
What to do with Scma-Tremont
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