Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS PA7220809
PA DOT Site 47 Mod Rest Area
Operator location Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 104 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,000 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,000
- People served (this PWS)
- 104
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 23
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
PA DOT Site 47 Mod Rest Area standing, high SDWIS violation third
104 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 22% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #19,753 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
PA DOT Site 47 Mod Rest Area sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (104), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,000 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 22% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #19,753 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #788 of 1,340
- Population · PA
- 104
- Total EPA violations on record
- 22%
- 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
- Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- State
- Connections
- 1
- County
- Dauphin
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 19
- Monitoring Violations
- 50
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 27 | 2013 |
| Public Notice | Other | 20 | 2019 |
| E. COLI | MR | 20 | 2012 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 19 | 2012 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 4 | 2019 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 4 | 2019 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 2007 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
PA DOT Site 47 Mod Rest Area has 104 recorded EPA violations, 74% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 26% carry more. 22% of this system's own violations are health-based (23 of 104), and it ranks #19,753 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)
104 Around the middle fewer violations than 26% 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 PA DOT Site 47 Mod Rest Area
104 violations on record for PA7220809; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · Pennsylvania DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
104 violations · 1,000 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 PA DOT Site 47 Mod Rest Area
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