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Community Water System · PWS PA6420031

Pithole Water Association

Operator location Cyclone, Pennsylvania - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 87 people served; 1,131 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

87
People served (this PWS)
1,131
EPA violations (this PWS)
134
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Pithole Water Association standing, high SDWIS violation third

87 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 12% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Pithole Water Association sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (1,131), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (87; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 12% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

1,131
Total EPA violations on record
12%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
87
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

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

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
40
County
McKean
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
12
Monitoring Violations
841
Treatment Tech Violations
122

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Public Notice Other 124 2025
Groundwater Rule TT 106 2024
Chlorine MR 75 2022
Groundwater Rule MR 68 2024
Coliform (TCR) MR 38 2016
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 21 2025
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 16 2025
TTHM MR 16 2025
Methoxychlor MR 14 2016
Endothall MR 14 2016
OXAMYL MR 14 2016
Simazine MR 14 2016
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 14 2016
Carbofuran MR 14 2016
Atrazine MR 14 2016
2,4-D MR 14 2016
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE MR 14 2016
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 14 2016
Chlordane MR 14 2016
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 14 2016
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 14 2016
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 14 2016
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 14 2016
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 14 2016
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 14 2016
Carbon tetrachloride MR 14 2016
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 14 2016
Trichloroethylene MR 14 2016
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 14 2016
Benzene MR 14 2016

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Pithole Water Association has 1,131 recorded EPA violations, 99% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 1% carry more. 12% of this system's own violations are health-based (134 of 1,131), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

1,131 Higher than most more violations than 99% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for Pithole Water Association

EPA SDWIS lists 87 people served and 40 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

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

Nationwide peers

1,131 violations · 87 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

What to do with Pithole Water Association

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
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
  • Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems

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