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Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS PA7010810

Crabbs Tropical Treat

Operator location Hanover, Pennsylvania - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 300 people served; 82 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

300
People served (this PWS)
82
EPA violations (this PWS)
18
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Crabbs Tropical Treat standing, high SDWIS violation third

300 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 22% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Crabbs Tropical Treat sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (82), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (300; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 22% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

82
Total EPA violations on record
22%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
300
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
Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
2
County
Adams
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
3
Monitoring Violations
46
Treatment Tech Violations
15

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Public Notice Other 15 2023
Nitrate MR 15 2025
Nitrite MR 13 2025
Groundwater Rule MR 13 2022
Groundwater Rule TT 9 2020
Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 6 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 4 2024
Nitrate MCL 3 1999
Coliform (TCR) MR 1 1997

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Crabbs Tropical Treat has 82 recorded EPA violations, 69% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 31% carry more. 22% of this system's own violations are health-based (18 of 82), 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)

82 Around the middle fewer violations than 31% 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

Population served record for Crabbs Tropical Treat

EPA SDWIS lists 300 people served and 2 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

82 violations · 300 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 Crabbs Tropical Treat

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