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Community Water System · PWS PA5020034

Western Allegheny County Mun A

Operator location Oakdale, Pennsylvania - 27% of 101 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 19,031 served per SDWIS.

19,031
People served (this PWS)
101
EPA violations (this PWS)
27
Health-based (this PWS)
2 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Western Allegheny County Mun A standing, high SDWIS violation third

27% of 101 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 27% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #2,829 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Western Allegheny County Mun A sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (101), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (19,031; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 27% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).

#2,829 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#96 of 1,340
Population · PA
101
Total EPA violations on record
27%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

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

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
7,521
County
Allegheny
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
20
Monitoring Violations
46
Treatment Tech Violations
7

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 14 2015
Public Notice Other 14 2025
Coliform (TCR) MR 12 2013
TTHM MCL 12 2009
Chlorine MR 11 2016
Coliform (TCR) MCL 8 2014
Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 7 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 6 2025
Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule MR 2 2009
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 2 2015
Cadmium MR 2 1990
TTHM MR 2 2015
Lead and Copper Rule MR 1 2013

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Western Allegheny County Mun A has 101 recorded EPA violations, 73% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 26% carry more. 27% of this system's own violations are health-based (27 of 101), and it ranks #2,829 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)

101 Around the middle fewer violations than 26% 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. 3 of 389 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFTA 9/19/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/19/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/19/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/19/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 9/19/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 9/19/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 9/19/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/19/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/19/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/19/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 9/19/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/19/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 9/19/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 9/19/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/19/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/19/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 9/19/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/19/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 9/19/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/19/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/19/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/19/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/19/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/19/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/19/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/19/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/19/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/19/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/19/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 9/19/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 9/19/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/19/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 9/19/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 9/19/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Western Allegheny County Mun A

27 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for PA5020034.

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

Nationwide peers

101 violations · 19,031 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 Western Allegheny County Mun A

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