Community Water System · PWS PA4140077
Centre Hall Boro Water Dept
Operator location Centre Hall, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 94 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,900 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,900
- People served (this PWS)
- 94
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Centre Hall Boro Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
94 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 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #14,037 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Centre Hall Boro Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (94), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,900 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #14,037 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #540 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 94
- Total EPA violations on record
- 4%
- 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
- 799
- County
- Centre
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 77
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 29 | 2024 |
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 18 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 6 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 5 | 2022 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 4 | 2022 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 2 | 2015 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 2 | 2015 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 2 | 2015 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 2 | 2015 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 1 | 1988 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 1 | 1988 |
| Endrin | MR | 1 | 1988 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 1 | 1988 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 1 | 1988 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 2024 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 1 | 1991 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 1 | 1988 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Centre Hall Boro Water Dept has 94 recorded EPA violations, 72% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 28% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 94), and it ranks #14,037 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)
94 Around the middle fewer violations than 28% 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 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHpA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/20/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/20/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/20/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/20/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/20/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/20/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 3/22/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 3/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 3/22/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 3/22/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 3/22/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 3/22/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 3/22/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 3/22/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 3/22/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 3/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 3/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 3/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 3/22/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 3/22/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 3/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 3/22/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 3/22/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 3/22/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 3/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 3/22/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 3/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
SDWIS compliance record for Centre Hall Boro Water Dept
94 violations on record for PA4140077; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
94 violations · 1,900 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 Centre Hall Boro Water Dept
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