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Community Water System · PWS PA4560019

Somerset Twp MA Reading Mines

Operator location Somerset, Pennsylvania - 0% of 691 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 494 served per SDWIS.

494
People served (this PWS)
691
EPA violations (this PWS)
2
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Somerset Twp MA Reading Mines standing, high SDWIS violation third

0% of 691 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%).

The verdict

Somerset Twp MA Reading Mines sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (691), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (494; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. 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.

691
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
494
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

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
190
County
Somerset
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
1
Monitoring Violations
622
Treatment Tech Violations
1

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Public Notice Other 46 2010
Chlorine MR 16 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 14 2009
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 14 2013
Xylenes, Total MR 14 2013
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 14 2013
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 14 2013
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 14 2013
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 14 2013
Carbon tetrachloride MR 14 2013
Benzene MR 14 2013
Toluene MR 14 2013
Styrene MR 14 2013
Coliform (TCR) MR 14 2010
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 14 2013
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 14 2013
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 14 2013
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 14 2013
Tetrachloroethylene MR 14 2013
Ethylbenzene MR 14 2013
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 14 2013
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 14 2013
Trichloroethylene MR 14 2013
CHLOROBENZENE MR 14 2013
Nitrate MR 14 2016
Groundwater Rule MR 11 2025
Arsenic MR 10 2015
Barium MR 10 2015
Cadmium MR 10 2015
Chromium MR 10 2015

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Somerset Twp MA Reading Mines has 691 recorded EPA violations, 98% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 2% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 691), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

691 Higher than most more violations than 98% 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 Somerset Twp MA Reading Mines

2 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for PA4560019.

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

Nationwide peers

691 violations · 494 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.

4 peers

What to do with Somerset Twp MA Reading Mines

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

  • See how every tracked system in Pennsylvania compares on the same EPA violation measures. Pennsylvania systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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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