Community Water System · PWS PA4110011
Gallitzin Boro Water Auth
Operator location Gallitzin, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 279 EPA violations; surface water source; 3,130 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 3,130
- People served (this PWS)
- 279
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 21
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Gallitzin Boro Water Auth standing, high SDWIS violation third
279 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 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #10,312 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Gallitzin Boro Water Auth sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (279), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 3,130 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,312 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #383 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 279
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- 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
- 933
- County
- Cambria
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 183
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 21
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 46 | 2021 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 24 | 2024 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 18 | 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 14 | 2004 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 12 | 2023 |
| Public Notice | Other | 12 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 11 | 2005 |
| Chlorine | MR | 11 | 2006 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 9 | 2003 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 9 | 2018 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | MR | 8 | 2023 |
| Nitrate | MR | 8 | 1998 |
| TTHM | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 4 | 2019 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 4 | 2023 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 4 | 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 4 | 2023 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 3 | 2006 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 3 | 2006 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 3 | 2006 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 3 | 2006 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 1995 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| Nickel | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 2021 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 1 | 2021 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Gallitzin Boro Water Auth has 279 recorded EPA violations, 90% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 10% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (21 of 279), and it ranks #10,312 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)
279 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 Gallitzin Boro Water Auth
279 violations on record for PA4110011; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
279 violations · 3,130 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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