Community Water System · PWS PA4110027
Portage Boro Muni Auth
Operator location Portage, Pennsylvania - larger served population (> 3,309) at 6,500 people served; 890 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 6,500
- People served (this PWS)
- 890
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 24
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Portage Boro Muni Auth standing, high SDWIS violation third
6,500 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #6,458 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Portage Boro Muni Auth sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (890), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (6,500; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #6,458 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #228 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 890
- Total EPA violations on record
- 3%
- 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
- 3,499
- County
- Cambria
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 569
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 24
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Notice | Other | 272 | 2024 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 27 | 2023 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 15 | 2025 |
| Chlorine | MR | 12 | 2023 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| Benzene | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| Toluene | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| Styrene | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 12 | 2024 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 10 | 2004 |
| Nitrite | MR | 10 | 2022 |
| Arsenic | MR | 8 | 2020 |
| Cadmium | MR | 8 | 2020 |
| Fluoride | MR | 8 | 2020 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Portage Boro Muni Auth has 890 recorded EPA violations, 99% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 1% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (24 of 890), and it ranks #6,458 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)
890 Higher than most more violations than 99% 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 232 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHxS | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/9/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 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 |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/9/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 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 |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/9/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 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 |
| PFHpA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/9/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 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 |
| PFPeA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 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 |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/9/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/9/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/9/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/9/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/9/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/9/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 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 |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/9/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Portage Boro Muni Auth
EPA SDWIS lists 6,500 people served and 3,499 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
890 violations · 6,500 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 Portage Boro Muni Auth
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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