Community Water System · PWS PA4050037
Bedford Twp Muni Auth
Operator location Bedford, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 173 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,570 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,570
- People served (this PWS)
- 173
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Bedford Twp Muni Auth standing, high SDWIS violation third
173 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 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #15,533 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Bedford Twp Muni Auth sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (173), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,570 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #15,533 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #608 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 173
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- 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
- 765
- County
- Bedford
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 165
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 8 | 2011 |
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 6 | 2025 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| Endothall | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| Simazine | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| Picloram | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| LASSO | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| Chlordane | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| Atrazine | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 5 | 2011 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 5 | 2018 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 1993 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 1995 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 2009 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 2007 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 2 | 2007 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 2 | 2007 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Bedford Twp Muni Auth has 173 recorded EPA violations, 83% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 17% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 173), and it ranks #15,533 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)
173 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
SDWIS compliance record for Bedford Twp Muni Auth
173 violations on record for PA4050037; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
173 violations · 1,570 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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