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Community Water System · PWS PA6200004

Cambridge Springs Borough

Operator location Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania - 0% of 265 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); surface water source; 2,363 served per SDWIS.

2,363
People served (this PWS)
265
EPA violations (this PWS)
0
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Cambridge Springs Borough standing, high SDWIS violation third

0% of 265 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%). Population rank #12,387 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Cambridge Springs Borough sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (265), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,363 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). 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.

#12,387 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#475 of 1,340
Population · PA
265
Total EPA violations on record
0%
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
713
County
Crawford
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
255
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
CARBON, TOTAL MR 27 2025
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 12 2023
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 8 2016
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 8 2016
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 8 2016
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 8 2016
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 8 2016
Tetrachloroethylene MR 8 2016
Benzene MR 8 2016
Ethylbenzene MR 8 2016
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 8 2016
Xylenes, Total MR 8 2016
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 8 2016
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 8 2016
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 8 2016
Trichloroethylene MR 8 2016
CHLOROBENZENE MR 8 2016
Toluene MR 8 2016
Carbon tetrachloride MR 8 2016
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 8 2016
Styrene MR 8 2016
TTHM MR 7 2020
Asbestos MR 7 2011
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 7 2019
Chlorine MR 4 2019
Lead and Copper Rule MR 4 2016
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE MR 4 2011
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 4 2011
Public Notice Other 4 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 3 2019

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Cambridge Springs Borough has 265 recorded EPA violations, 89% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 11% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 265), and it ranks #12,387 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)

265 Higher than most more violations than 89% 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 Cambridge Springs Borough

0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for PA6200004.

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

Nationwide peers

265 violations · 2,363 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 near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Cambridge Springs Borough

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
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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