Community Water System · PWS PA6250055

Country Gardens Trailer Court

Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601 - drinking water served from groundwater sources to 180 people, tracked in EPA SDWIS and UCMR5.

Compiled by PlainWater Editorial, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

180
People served: 198
EPA violations: 4
Health-based: Untested
UCMR5 result

The verdict

EPA records 198 drinking-water violations at Country Gardens Trailer Court, 2% of them health-based - above the Pennsylvania per-system average.

198
Total EPA violations on record: 2%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure): 180
People served by this system: N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Water Quality Snapshot: Country Gardens Trailer Court

Country Gardens Trailer Court is a private-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 180 residents in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Erie County) through 82 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 198 total violations for this system , of which 4 (2%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 184 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2024.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Chlorine, recorded in 23 violations (MR). 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. Statewide, 224 of 389 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (57.6%).

Country Gardens Trailer Court's 198 violations sit above the Pennsylvania average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.

Population Served

180

Total Violations

198

Health-Based Violations

Water Source

Groundwater

System Details

System Type: Community
Owner Type: Private
Connections: 82
County: Erie
School/Daycare: No
MCL Violations: 4
Monitoring Violations: 184
Treatment Tech Violations: 0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Chlorine	MR	23	2010
TTHM	MR	7	2011
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	7	2011
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	7	1995
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	6	2021
Xylenes, Total	MR	6	2006
Coliform (TCR)	MR	6	2005
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	5	2006
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	5	2006
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	5	2006
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	5	2006
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	5	2006
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	5	2006
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	5	2006
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	5	2006
Trichloroethylene	MR	5	2006
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	5	2006
Toluene	MR	5	2006
Ethylbenzene	MR	5	2006
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	5	2006
Benzene	MR	5	2006
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	5	2006
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	5	2006
Styrene	MR	5	2006
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	5	2006
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	5	2006
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	4	2005
Radium-226	MR	4	2007
Radium-228	MR	4	2007
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	MR	3	2000

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 Country Gardens Trailer Court.

Federal Source of Truth

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 PA6250055 on SDWIS

Source: EPA SDWIS Federal Reports Search

State Regulator

Pennsylvania Drinking Water Authority

Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water is the primacy agency that licenses and inspects Country Gardens Trailer Court under EPA-delegated authority.

Open PA regulator portal

Source: Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water

Violation Timeline

Each row links to the EPA SDWIS public record for verification. Cross-reference the contaminant code on EPA's federal report to see violation dates, return-to-compliance status, and enforcement actions.

Year (latest)	Contaminant	Category	Count	EPA Record
2024	CYANIDE	MR	2	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 1024
2021	Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	6	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 7000
2013	Groundwater Rule	MR	2	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 0700
2012	Diquat	MR	2	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 2032
2011	TTHM	MR	7	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 2950
2011	Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	7	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 2456
2010	Chlorine	MR	23	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 0999
2007	Radium-226	MR	4	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 4020
2007	Radium-228	MR	4	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 4030
2006	Xylenes, Total	MR	6	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 2955
2006	1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	5	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 2378
2006	cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	5	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 2380
2006	o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	5	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 2968
2006	p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	5	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 2969
2006	1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	5	SDWIS / PA6250055 / 2980

How Country Gardens Trailer Court Compares

Cross-reference this system's record against state averages and the federal MCL framework for context.

Metric	Country Gardens Trailer Court	Pennsylvania avg	Federal benchmark
Total violations	198	150.6	SDWA compliance, any non-zero count is a recorded breach
Health-based violations	4	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	180	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 (EPA proposed extending to 2031, not yet final as of May 2026)
Nitrate (as N)	10 mg/L	Acute health risk for infants

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Country Gardens Trailer Court water safe to drink? ▼

Country Gardens Trailer Court (PWS ID: PA6250055) has 198 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. This system serves 180 people using Groundwater sources.

How many people does Country Gardens Trailer Court serve? ▼

Country Gardens Trailer Court serves 180 people in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 82 service connections.

What type of violations does Country Gardens Trailer Court have? ▼

Country Gardens Trailer Court has 198 total violations: 4 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 184 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Has PFAS been detected in Country Gardens Trailer Court water? ▼

No PFAS testing data is available for Country Gardens Trailer Court under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

What water source does Country Gardens Trailer Court use? ▼

Country Gardens Trailer Court uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Where does this data come from? ▼

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Data Sources: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), Q4 2025. This data is provided for informational purposes only.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. This system's figures are rendered directly from EPA SDWIS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.