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Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS PA7210815

Pine Grove Furnace State Park

Gardners, Pennsylvania 17324 - drinking water served from groundwater sources to 900 people, tracked in EPA SDWIS and UCMR5.

900
People served
70
EPA violations
9
Health-based
Untested
UCMR5 result

The verdict

EPA records 70 drinking-water violations at Pine Grove Furnace State Park, 13% of them health-based - below the Pennsylvania per-system average.

70
Total EPA violations on record
13%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
900
People served by this system
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Water Quality Snapshot: Pine Grove Furnace State Park

Pine Grove Furnace State Park is a state-owned transient non-community water system that delivers drinking water to 900 residents in Gardners, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County) through 36 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 70 total violations for this system , of which 9 (13%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 30 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2025.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Public Notice, recorded in 11 violations (Other). This system has not yet been sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, so no PFAS detection data is available here.

Across Pennsylvania, EPA tracks 7,701 public water systems serving 12,630,061 people, with 1,159,868 cumulative violations and 68,517 health-based violations on record. About 97% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 150.6 violations. Statewide, 224 of 389 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (57.6%).

Pine Grove Furnace State Park's 70 violations sit below the Pennsylvania average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.

Population Served
900
Total Violations
70
Health-Based Violations
9
Water Source
Groundwater

System Details

System Type
Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
State
Connections
36
County
Cumberland
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
4
Monitoring Violations
30
Treatment Tech Violations
5

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Public Notice Other 11 2024
Nitrate MR 10 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 9 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 8 2025
E. COLI MR 5 2023
Coliform (TCR) MR 5 2012
Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 5 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule MCL 4 2023
Nitrite MR 2 2024

Verify This Water System

The figures above are aggregated from EPA's public databases. To verify the underlying records, or to file a complaint, request a Consumer Confidence Report, or check current monitoring status, go directly to the federal and state regulators that enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act for Pine Grove Furnace State Park.

Federal Source of Truth

EPA SDWIS, Federal Reports

EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) holds the federal compliance record for every regulated public water system. Open the system-level report by PWS ID:

View PWS ID PA7210815 on SDWIS

Source: EPA SDWIS Federal Reports Search

State Regulator

Pennsylvania Drinking Water Authority

Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water is the primacy agency that licenses and inspects Pine Grove Furnace State Park under EPA-delegated authority.

Open PA regulator portal

Source: Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water

Violation Timeline

Each row links to the EPA SDWIS public record for verification. Cross-reference the contaminant code on EPA's federal report to see violation dates, return-to-compliance status, and enforcement actions.

Year (latest) Contaminant Category Count EPA Record
2025 Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 8 SDWIS / PA7210815 / 8000
2024 Public Notice Other 11 SDWIS / PA7210815 / 7500
2024 Nitrate MR 10 SDWIS / PA7210815 / 1040
2024 Nitrite MR 2 SDWIS / PA7210815 / 1041
2023 Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 9 SDWIS / PA7210815 / 8000
2023 E. COLI MR 5 SDWIS / PA7210815 / 3014
2023 Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 5 SDWIS / PA7210815 / 8000
2023 Revised Total Coliform Rule MCL 4 SDWIS / PA7210815 / 8000
2012 Coliform (TCR) MR 5 SDWIS / PA7210815 / 3100

How Pine Grove Furnace State Park Compares

Cross-reference this system's record against state averages and the federal MCL framework for context.

Metric Pine Grove Furnace State Park Pennsylvania avg Federal benchmark
Total violations 70 150.6 SDWA compliance, any non-zero count is a recorded breach
Health-based violations 9 8.9 Indicates a contaminant exceeded a federal MCL
PFAS detection None 57.6% EPA final rule (2024): PFOA/PFOS MCL = 4.0 ppt
Population served 900 1,640 Sizing context for compliance burden

Sources: EPA SDWIS and EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (40 CFR Part 141). State averages computed across 7,701 regulated public water systems in Pennsylvania.

Federal MCL reference, Safe Drinking Water Act thresholds ▼
Contaminant Federal MCL / Action Level Note
Lead 0 mg/L (Action Level: 0.015 mg/L) Lead and Copper Rule treatment technique
Arsenic 0.010 mg/L (10 ppb) Health-based MCL since 2006
Total Coliform Treatment technique (RTCR) Indicator organism, monitoring trigger
PFOA / PFOS (PFAS) 4.0 ppt each (final 2024 rule) Compliance deadline 2029 (EPA proposed extending to 2031, not yet final as of May 2026)
Nitrate (as N) 10 mg/L Acute health risk for infants

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Pine Grove Furnace State Park water safe to drink? ▼
Pine Grove Furnace State Park (PWS ID: PA7210815) has 70 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. This system serves 900 people using Groundwater sources.
How many people does Pine Grove Furnace State Park serve? ▼
Pine Grove Furnace State Park serves 900 people in Gardners, Pennsylvania. It is a State-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 36 service connections.
What type of violations does Pine Grove Furnace State Park have? ▼
Pine Grove Furnace State Park has 70 total violations: 9 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 30 monitoring/reporting violations, and 5 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.
Has PFAS been detected in Pine Grove Furnace State Park water? ▼
No PFAS testing data is available for Pine Grove Furnace State Park under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
What water source does Pine Grove Furnace State Park use? ▼
Pine Grove Furnace State Park uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Transient Non-Community Water System, serving transient populations.
Where does this data come from? ▼
All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Data Sources: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), Q4 2025. This data is provided for informational purposes only.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater Editorial

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. This system's figures are rendered directly from EPA SDWIS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.