Community Water System · PWS PA6530005
Austin Borough Water
Operator location Austin, Pennsylvania - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 700 people served; 344 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 700
- People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
- 344
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Austin Borough Water standing, high SDWIS violation third
700 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #24,445 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Austin Borough Water sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (344), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (700; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #24,445 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,046 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 344
- Total EPA violations on record
- 2%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 261
- County
- Potter
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 6
- Monitoring Violations
- 262
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Notice | Other | 48 | 2012 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | MR | 45 | 2025 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 32 | 2025 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 24 | 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 17 | 2025 |
| Nitrate | MR | 15 | 2016 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 12 | 2003 |
| Chlorine | MR | 12 | 2004 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 10 | 2018 |
| TTHM | MR | 10 | 2018 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 6 | 1998 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 5 | 2000 |
| Mercury | MR | 5 | 1997 |
| Chromium | MR | 5 | 1997 |
| Barium | MR | 5 | 1997 |
| Arsenic | MR | 5 | 1997 |
| Cadmium | MR | 5 | 1997 |
| Fluoride | MR | 5 | 1997 |
| Selenium | MR | 5 | 1997 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 4 | 1997 |
| Nickel | MR | 4 | 1997 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 4 | 1997 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 4 | 1997 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 4 | 1997 |
| Nitrite | MR | 4 | 2016 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Endrin | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 2 | 2011 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Austin Borough Water has 344 recorded EPA violations, 92% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 8% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 344), and it ranks #24,445 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)
344 Higher than most more violations than 92% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Austin Borough Water plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
Population served record for Austin Borough Water
EPA SDWIS lists 700 people served and 261 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
344 violations · 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Austin Borough Water
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