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Community Water System · PWS PA5020006

Brackenridge Boro Water Dept

Operator location Brackenridge, Pennsylvania - 23% of 137 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 3,700 served per SDWIS.

3,700
People served (this PWS)
137
EPA violations (this PWS)
32
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Brackenridge Boro Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third

23% of 137 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 23% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #9,317 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Brackenridge Boro Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (137), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (3,700; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 23% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#9,317 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#340 of 1,340
Population · PA
137
Total EPA violations on record
23%
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
1,363
County
Allegheny
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
32
Monitoring Violations
99
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 32 2017
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 31 2020
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 24 2020
Chlorine MR 20 2020
CARBON, TOTAL MR 6 2018
Dalapon MR 4 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 4 2020
Endrin MR 1 1979
2,4,5-TP MR 1 1979
Arsenic MR 1 1979
Cadmium MR 1 1979
Nitrate MR 1 1979
Fluoride MR 1 1979
Barium MR 1 1979
Mercury MR 1 1979
Methoxychlor MR 1 1979
Chromium MR 1 1979
Selenium MR 1 1979
2,4-D MR 1 1979
BHC-GAMMA MR 1 1979
Toxaphene MR 1 1979

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Brackenridge Boro Water Dept has 137 recorded EPA violations, 79% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 20% carry more. 23% of this system's own violations are health-based (32 of 137), and it ranks #9,317 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)

137 Higher than most more violations than 79% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFBA 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/20/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/20/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/20/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/20/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/20/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/20/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 5/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 5/21/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/21/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/21/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 5/21/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/21/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/21/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/21/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 5/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 5/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Brackenridge Boro Water Dept

32 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for PA5020006.

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

Nationwide peers

137 violations · 3,700 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

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 Brackenridge Boro Water Dept

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