Community Water System · PWS PA6250065
Waterford Municipal Authority
Operator location Waterford, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 429 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,700 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,700
- People served (this PWS)
- 429
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 12
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Waterford Municipal Authority standing, high SDWIS violation third
429 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #14,922 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Waterford Municipal Authority sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (429), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,700 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #14,922 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #582 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 429
- Total EPA violations on record
- 3%
- 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
- 681
- County
- Erie
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 382
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 12
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | MR | 103 | 2025 |
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 59 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 33 | 2019 |
| TTHM | MR | 33 | 2019 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 20 | 2015 |
| Public Notice | Other | 13 | 2025 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 10 | 2013 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 10 | 2025 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 9 | 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 7 | 2005 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 7 | 2006 |
| Arsenic | MR | 7 | 2009 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 7 | 2018 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 6 | 2006 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 6 | 2006 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 6 | 2006 |
| Fluoride | MR | 5 | 2006 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 1996 |
| Atrazine | MR | 4 | 2011 |
| Simazine | MR | 4 | 2011 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 3 | 2018 |
| Styrene | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| Nickel | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 3 | 2008 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 1994 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Waterford Municipal Authority has 429 recorded EPA violations, 94% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 6% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (12 of 429), and it ranks #14,922 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)
429 Higher than most more violations than 94% 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 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHxA | 6/13/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/13/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/13/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/13/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/13/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/13/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/13/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 6/13/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/13/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/13/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/13/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/13/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/13/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/13/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/13/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/13/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/13/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/13/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/13/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/13/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/13/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/13/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/13/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/13/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 6/13/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/13/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/13/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/13/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/13/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 12/19/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 12/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 12/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 12/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 12/19/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 12/19/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 12/19/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 12/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 12/19/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 12/19/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 12/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 12/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
SDWIS compliance record for Waterford Municipal Authority
429 violations on record for PA6250065; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
429 violations · 1,700 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Waterford Municipal Authority
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