ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL
PWS ID: PA5020956 · PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania 15212
ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL serves 2,595 people in PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania using Surface Water water sources. It has a clean compliance record with no EPA violations recorded. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing.
Water Quality Snapshot: ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL
ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL is a private-owned non-transient non-community water system that delivers drinking water to 2,595 residents in PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County) through 7 service connections. Its water is drawn from surface water sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 0 total violations for this system , giving it a clean Safe Drinking Water Act compliance record.
No specific contaminant violations have been recorded in EPA's detailed violation register for this system. This system has not yet been sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, so no PFAS detection data is available here.
Across Pennsylvania, EPA tracks 7,701 public water systems serving 12,630,061 people, with 1,159,868 cumulative violations and 68,517 health-based violations on record. About 97% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 150.6 violations. ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL's 0 violations sit below the Pennsylvania average. Statewide, 224 of 389 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (57.6%). All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.
System Details
- System Type
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 7
- County
- Allegheny
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 0
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Verify This Water System
The figures above are aggregated from EPA's public databases. To verify the underlying records — or to file a complaint, request a Consumer Confidence Report, or check current monitoring status — go directly to the federal and state regulators that enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act for ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL.
EPA SDWIS — Federal Reports
EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) holds the federal compliance record for every regulated public water system. Open the system-level report by PWS ID:
View PWS ID PA5020956 on SDWISSource: EPA SDWIS Federal Reports Search
Pennsylvania Drinking Water Authority
Pennsylvania DEP — Bureau of Safe Drinking Water is the primacy agency that licenses and inspects ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL under EPA-delegated authority.
Open PA regulator portalHow ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL Compares
Cross-reference this system's record against state averages and the federal MCL framework for context.
| Metric | ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL | Pennsylvania avg | Federal benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total violations | 0 | 150.6 | SDWA compliance — any non-zero count is a recorded breach |
| Health-based violations | 0 | 8.9 | Indicates a contaminant exceeded a federal MCL |
| PFAS detection | None | 57.6% | EPA final rule (2024): PFOA/PFOS MCL = 4.0 ppt |
| Population served | 2,595 | 1,640 | Sizing context for compliance burden |
Sources: EPA SDWIS and EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (40 CFR Part 141). State averages computed across 7,701 regulated public water systems in Pennsylvania.
Federal MCL reference — Safe Drinking Water Act thresholds ▼
| Contaminant | Federal MCL / Action Level | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 0 mg/L (Action Level: 0.015 mg/L) | Lead and Copper Rule treatment technique |
| Arsenic | 0.010 mg/L (10 ppb) | Health-based MCL since 2006 |
| Total Coliform | Treatment technique (RTCR) | Indicator organism, monitoring trigger |
| PFOA / PFOS (PFAS) | 4.0 ppt each (final 2024 rule) | Compliance deadline 2029 |
| Nitrate (as N) | 10 mg/L | Acute health risk for infants |
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