Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS PA4140812
Penns Valley Area High School
Operator location Spring Mills, Pennsylvania - 0% of 262 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 1,170 served per SDWIS.
- 1,170
- People served (this PWS)
- 262
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Penns Valley Area High School standing, high SDWIS violation third
0% of 262 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Population rank #18,137 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Penns Valley Area High School sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (262), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,170 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #18,137 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #708 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 262
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- 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
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Public/Private
- Connections
- 2
- County
- Centre
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 255
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalapon | MR | 23 | 2023 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 23 | 2023 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 21 | 2020 |
| TTHM | MR | 21 | 2020 |
| Diquat | MR | 12 | 2020 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 12 | 2020 |
| Nitrate | MR | 11 | 2011 |
| Simazine | MR | 10 | 2023 |
| Atrazine | MR | 10 | 2023 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 10 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 1999 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2020 |
| Nickel | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Barium | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Fluoride | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Selenium | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Mercury | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Nitrite | MR | 4 | 2011 |
| Chromium | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Cadmium | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Arsenic | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 3 | 1999 |
| Endothall | MR | 3 | 1999 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 3 | 1999 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 3 | 1999 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Penns Valley Area High School has 262 recorded EPA violations, 89% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 11% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 262), and it ranks #18,137 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)
262 Higher than most more violations than 89% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Penns Valley Area High School
0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for PA4140812.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
262 violations · 1,170 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 Penns Valley Area High School
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