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Community Water System · PWS PA7210037

Mt Holly Springs Boro Auth

Operator location Mt Holly Springs, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 138 EPA violations; groundwater source; 3,261 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

3,261
People served (this PWS)
138
EPA violations (this PWS)
8
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Mt Holly Springs Boro Auth standing, high SDWIS violation third

138 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #10,019 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Mt Holly Springs Boro Auth sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (138), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 3,261 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#10,019 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#359 of 1,340
Population · PA
138
Total EPA violations on record
6%
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
1,213
County
Cumberland
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
5
Monitoring Violations
113
Treatment Tech Violations
3

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MR 8 2019
Arsenic MR 7 2021
Barium MR 7 2021
Selenium MR 7 2021
Nitrate MR 7 2021
Fluoride MR 7 2021
Cadmium MR 7 2021
Mercury MR 7 2021
Chromium MR 7 2021
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 6 2023
CYANIDE MR 5 2021
Antimony, Total MR 5 2021
Beryllium, Total MR 5 2021
Nitrite MR 5 2021
Nickel MR 5 2021
Thallium, Total MR 5 2021
Coliform (TCR) MCL 5 2013
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 4 2019
Chlorine MR 4 2025
Groundwater Rule MR 4 2025
Groundwater Rule TT 3 2017
Endrin MR 2 1982
Toxaphene MR 1 1979
BHC-GAMMA MR 1 1979
Methoxychlor MR 1 1979
2,4,5-TP MR 1 1979
2,4-D MR 1 1979

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Mt Holly Springs Boro Auth has 138 recorded EPA violations, 80% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 20% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 138), and it ranks #10,019 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)

138 Higher than most more violations than 80% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

SDWIS compliance record for Mt Holly Springs Boro Auth

138 violations on record for PA7210037; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

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

Nationwide peers

138 violations · 3,261 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 near this population served

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

4 peers

What to do with Mt Holly Springs Boro Auth

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
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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