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Ulysses Municipal Authority

Operator location Ulysses, Pennsylvania - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 640 people served; 1,537 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

640
People served (this PWS)
1,537
EPA violations (this PWS)
38
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Ulysses Municipal Authority standing, high SDWIS violation third

640 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 #25,496 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Ulysses Municipal Authority sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (1,537), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (640; 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.

#25,496 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#1,092 of 1,340
Population · PA
1,537
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.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
225
County
Potter
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
1,264
Treatment Tech Violations
38

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Public Notice Other 176 2024
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 76 2008
Chlorine MR 52 2018
Nitrate MR 34 2023
Groundwater Rule TT 31 2017
2,4-D MR 26 2023
Endrin MR 25 2015
Groundwater Rule MR 25 2024
BHC-GAMMA MR 24 2015
Methoxychlor MR 24 2015
Toxaphene MR 24 2015
TTHM MR 22 2022
Diquat MR 22 2015
Endothall MR 22 2015
Glyphosate MR 22 2015
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 22 2015
OXAMYL MR 22 2015
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 22 2015
Picloram MR 22 2015
Atrazine MR 22 2015
Simazine MR 22 2015
2,4,5-TP MR 22 2015
Dalapon MR 22 2015
Dinoseb MR 22 2015
Carbofuran MR 22 2015
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 22 2015
Heptachlor MR 20 2015
Heptachlor epoxide MR 20 2015
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 20 2015
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 20 2015

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Ulysses Municipal Authority has 1,537 recorded EPA violations, 100% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 0% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (38 of 1,537), and it ranks #25,496 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)

1,537 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 Ulysses Municipal Authority

EPA SDWIS lists 640 people served and 225 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

1,537 violations · 640 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 with smaller service footprints

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

4 peers

What to do with Ulysses Municipal Authority

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
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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