Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS PA4190360
Southern Columbia Area School
Operator location Catawissa, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 180 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,650 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,650
- People served (this PWS)
- 180
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Southern Columbia Area School standing, high SDWIS violation third
180 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 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #15,110 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Southern Columbia Area School sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (180), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,650 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #15,110 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #590 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 180
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 2
- County
- Columbia
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 163
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 59 | 2018 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 10 | 2017 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 8 | 2018 |
| TTHM | MR | 7 | 2018 |
| Nitrate | MR | 6 | 2015 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 6 | 2017 |
| Dalapon | MR | 5 | 2019 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Nitrite | MR | 4 | 2015 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2017 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 3 | 2022 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| Styrene | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| Benzene | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 1990 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Southern Columbia Area School has 180 recorded EPA violations, 84% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 16% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 180), and it ranks #15,110 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)
180 Higher than most more violations than 84% 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 Southern Columbia Area School
180 violations on record for PA4190360; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
180 violations · 1,650 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 Southern Columbia Area School
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