PAW WATRES

SCRANTON, PA · ~52,002 people served

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100

Excellent

PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

PA2409011

State

Pennsylvania

City

SCRANTON

Population served

52,002

Primary source

Surface water

Score history

No change since tracking began Jun 18, 2026.

Jun 18, 2026 · score 100 Jun 18, 2026 · score 100

2 score updates logged since tracking began Jun 18, 2026. Each future EPA re-score adds a point.

PFAS & contaminant readings

No PFAS detections are on record for this system from EPA’s UCMR5 monitoring (2023–25). Absence of a detection isn’t a guarantee — not every system was sampled, and this dataset doesn’t cover other contaminants.

Violations & enforcement

Violations on record

Unaddressed

Health-based

Enforcement actions

From EPA ECHO (SDWIS), most recent enforcement May 2012. Official EPA record →

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 0600 began Jan 2009 Resolved

Treatment technique · EPA contaminant 0200 health-based began Jun 1993 Resolved

Treatment technique · EPA contaminant 0200 health-based began May 1993 Resolved

Treatment technique · EPA contaminant 0200 health-based began Apr 1993 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

EPA/federal action · EOX May 2012
EPA/federal action · EFL Mar 2010
State action · SIB Jul 1994
State action · SOX Nov 1993
State action · SIA Aug 1993
State action · SIC Jul 1993
State action · SIB Jun 1993
State action · SIB Dec 1992

Area water-quality monitoring

Environmental monitoring (rivers, wells, intakes) recorded in this system’s service area in the EPA/USGS Water Quality Portal since 2018 — source/ambient water, not finished tap water. Context for the watershed, not a reading from your tap.

ContaminantMedian · max · samples

Manganese

4 stations · latest Oct 2024

99 · max 562 ug/L · 107

Copper

1 station · latest Oct 2024

2.28 · max 16.3 ug/L · 100

Lead

1 station · latest Aug 2024

0.788 · max 11.7 ug/L · 92

Nitrate

3 stations · latest Aug 2022

0.285 · max 0.706 mg/L · 3

Source: Water Quality Portal (EPA/USGS/state agencies). Values are as-reported and aren’t health thresholds.

This profile is built from EPA public records for system PA2409011 — SDWIS violations and UCMR5 PFAS sampling. The score is system-level and can’t account for your home’s plumbing (older pipes can add lead at the tap). For health decisions, check your exact address, read the utility’s Consumer Confidence Report, and confirm with your provider.