Community Water System · PWS PA4140120
Walker Twp Water Assoc
Operator location Mingoville, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 393 EPA violations; groundwater source; 3,250 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 3,250
- People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 393
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Walker Twp Water Assoc standing, high SDWIS violation third
393 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 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #10,053 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Walker Twp Water Assoc sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (393), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 3,250 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,053 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #360 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 393
- Total EPA violations on record
- 1%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 1,573
- County
- Centre
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 348
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endrin | MR | 14 | 2023 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 13 | 2023 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 13 | 2023 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 13 | 2023 |
| Nitrate | MR | 12 | 2022 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 10 | 2023 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 10 | 2023 |
| Chlordane | MR | 10 | 2023 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 9 | 2011 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 9 | 2011 |
| Diquat | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Dalapon | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| LASSO | MR | 6 | 2023 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 6 | 2023 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 6 | 2023 |
| Picloram | MR | 6 | 2011 |
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 5 | 2024 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Simazine | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Atrazine | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 4 | 2019 |
| Nitrite | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 1993 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 4 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Walker Twp Water Assoc has 393 recorded EPA violations, 94% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 6% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 393), and it ranks #10,053 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)
393 Higher than most more violations than 94% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Walker Twp Water Assoc plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
SDWIS compliance record for Walker Twp Water Assoc
393 violations on record for PA4140120; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
393 violations · 3,250 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 Walker Twp Water Assoc
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