Community Water System · PWS PA4340009
Richfield Area Joint Auth
Operator location Richfield, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 446 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,000 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,000
- People served (this PWS)
- 446
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 5
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Richfield Area Joint Auth standing, high SDWIS violation third
446 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 #19,743 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Richfield Area Joint Auth sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (446), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,000 (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.
- #19,743 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #778 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 446
- 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.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 230
- County
- Juniata
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 399
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 5
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 47 | 2008 |
| Chlorine | MR | 44 | 2013 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 37 | 2025 |
| TTHM | MR | 34 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 25 | 2011 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 20 | 2010 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 10 | 2012 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 8 | 2011 |
| 2,3,7,8-TCDD | MR | 7 | 2011 |
| Fluoride | MR | 6 | 2024 |
| Nitrate | MR | 6 | 2002 |
| LASSO | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Simazine | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 5 | 1996 |
| Barium | MR | 4 | 2000 |
| Chromium | MR | 4 | 2000 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| Mercury | MR | 4 | 2000 |
| Selenium | MR | 4 | 2000 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2003 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Benzene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Toluene | MR | 4 | 2008 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Richfield Area Joint Auth has 446 recorded EPA violations, 95% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 5% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 446), and it ranks #19,743 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)
446 Higher than most more violations than 95% 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 Richfield Area Joint Auth
446 violations on record for PA4340009; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
446 violations · 1,000 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 Richfield Area Joint Auth
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