Community Water System · PWS PA5020012
Duquesne Water Dept
Operator location Duquesne, Pennsylvania - 23% of 136 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 5,565 served per SDWIS.
- 5,565
- People served (this PWS)
- 136
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 31
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Duquesne Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
23% of 136 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 #7,188 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Duquesne Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (136), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (5,565; 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.
- #7,188 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #260 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 136
- 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
- 2,110
- County
- Allegheny
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 31
- Monitoring Violations
- 71
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 23 | 2024 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 16 | 2023 |
| Chlorine | MR | 12 | 2023 |
| Public Notice | Other | 11 | 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 10 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 8 | 2012 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 8 | 2019 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 7 | 2023 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2016 |
| Asbestos | MR | 4 | 2022 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 2 | 1985 |
| Endrin | MR | 2 | 1985 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 2 | 1985 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 2 | 1985 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 2 | 1985 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 2 | 1985 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1980 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 1982 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 1982 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Duquesne Water Dept has 136 recorded EPA violations, 79% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 21% carry more. 23% of this system's own violations are health-based (31 of 136), and it ranks #7,188 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)
136 Higher than most more violations than 79% 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. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFTA | 8/21/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/21/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/21/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/21/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/22/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/22/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/22/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/22/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/22/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/22/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/22/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/22/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/22/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/22/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/22/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/22/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/22/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/22/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/22/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/22/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/22/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/22/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 3/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 3/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 3/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 3/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 3/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 3/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 3/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 3/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 3/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 3/12/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 3/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 3/12/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 3/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 3/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 3/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 3/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 3/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Duquesne Water Dept
31 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for PA5020012.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
136 violations · 5,565 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Duquesne Water Dept
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