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Community Water System · PWS PA4410173

Williamsport Mun Water Auth

Operator location Williamsport, Pennsylvania - UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 73 violations and 51,000 people served.

51,000
People served (this PWS)
73
EPA violations (this PWS)
1
Health-based (this PWS)
5 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Williamsport Mun Water Auth standing, mid SDWIS violation third

UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #1,060 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Williamsport Mun Water Auth lands in the middle third by violation volume (73), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (51,000; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).

#1,060 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#34 of 1,340
Population · PA
73
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.

PFAS Detected

5 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
18,558
County
Lycoming
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
1
Monitoring Violations
41
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 7 2018
TTHM MR 7 2018
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 1 2012
Xylenes, Total MR 1 2012
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 1 2012
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 2012
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2012
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 1 2012
Carbon tetrachloride MR 1 2012
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 1 2012
Trichloroethylene MR 1 2012
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 1 2012
Benzene MR 1 2012
Toluene MR 1 2012
Mercury MR 1 1984
Barium MR 1 1984
Selenium MR 1 1984
Arsenic MR 1 1984
Endrin MR 1 1982
Cadmium MR 1 1984
Ethylbenzene MR 1 2012
Tetrachloroethylene MR 1 2012
CHLOROBENZENE MR 1 2012
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 1 2012
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2012
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 2012
Chromium MR 1 1983
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2012
Styrene MR 1 2012
TTHM MCL 1 1985

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Williamsport Mun Water Auth has 73 recorded EPA violations, 66% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 34% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 73), and it ranks #1,060 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)

73 Around the middle fewer violations than 34% 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. 8 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFBA 9/3/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/3/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/3/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/3/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/3/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 9/3/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 9/3/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 9/3/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/3/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 9/3/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 9/3/2024 4.10 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMPA 9/3/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 9/3/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/3/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/3/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/3/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/3/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/3/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/3/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 9/3/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 9/3/2024 3.50 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFDoA 9/3/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/3/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/3/2024 5.10 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFNA 9/3/2024 9.70 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFHxS 9/3/2024 3.60 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFBS 9/3/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 9/3/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 9/3/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 6/5/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 6/5/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 6/5/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 6/5/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 6/5/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 6/5/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 6/5/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 6/5/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 6/5/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 6/5/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 6/5/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 6/5/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 6/5/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 6/5/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 6/5/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 6/5/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 6/5/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 6/5/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 6/5/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 6/5/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 6/5/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected

UCMR5 PFAS record for Williamsport Mun Water Auth

Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS PA4410173 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water

Nationwide peers

73 violations · 51,000 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems near this violation count

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Williamsport Mun Water Auth

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater