Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS PA7010965
Weis Markets East Berlin
Operator location East Berlin, Pennsylvania - 34% of 87 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,800 served per SDWIS.
- 1,800
- People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 87
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 30
- Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Weis Markets East Berlin standing, high SDWIS violation third
34% of 87 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 34% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #14,494 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Weis Markets East Berlin sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (87), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,800 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 34% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #14,494 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #560 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 87
- Total EPA violations on record
- 34%
- 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
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Public/Private
- Connections
- 1
- County
- Adams
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 30
- Monitoring Violations
- 54
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MCL | 30 | 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 6 | 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 3 | 2024 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 2 | 2003 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 2003 |
| Benzene | MR | 2 | 2003 |
| Toluene | MR | 2 | 2003 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 2 | 2003 |
| Styrene | MR | 2 | 2003 |
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| Nitrite | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 2 | 2003 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| E. COLI | MR | 2 | 2024 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 2 | 2003 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 2 | 2003 |
| Simazine | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| Endothall | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2001 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2001 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 2001 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2001 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 1 | 2001 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2001 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 1 | 2001 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 2001 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 1 | 2001 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Weis Markets East Berlin has 87 recorded EPA violations, 70% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 30% carry more. 34% of this system's own violations are health-based (30 of 87), and it ranks #14,494 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)
87 Around the middle fewer violations than 30% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Weis Markets East Berlin 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
Health-based violations on Weis Markets East Berlin
30 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for PA7010965.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
87 violations · 1,800 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 Weis Markets East Berlin
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