Community Water System · PWSID PA2450053

Tobyhanna Army Depot

Serves 3,800 peopleGroundwaterOwner: FederalTobyhanna, Pennsylvania
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On record since 2003: 135 violations. 130 missed or late tests · 5 notices or reports. Most recent began 2025-08-01.

None of them is a measurement of contaminated water.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

0Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
130Missed or late test
5Notice or report

More violations on record than 97% of active water systems in Pennsylvania. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

2003 · Missed or late test: 22004 · Missed or late test: 22005 · Missed or late test: 2200520102012 · Notice or report: 12015 · Missed or late test: 142015 · Missed or late test: 14201520202021 · Missed or late test: 172021 · Missed or late test: 172021 · Missed or late test: 172022 · Missed or late test: 902022 · Missed or late test: 902022 · Missed or late test: 902022 · Missed or late test: 902022 · Missed or late test: 902022 · Missed or late test: 902022 · Missed or late test: 902022 · Missed or late test: 902022 · Missed or late test: 902022 · Missed or late test: 902022 · Missed or late test: 902022 · Missed or late test: 902023 · Missed or late test: 22024 · Missed or late test: 12024 · Notice or report: 12025 · Notice or report: 32025
One square ≈ 8 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
96% missed or late test · 1304% notice or report · 5

Across Pennsylvania, 71% of violations are missed or late tests and 2% are water over a limit.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 5 results on file · action level 15 ppb

2.2 ppb
1.9 ppb
1.1 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-08-01Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  2. 2025-01-11Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  3. 2024-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  4. 2024-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  5. 2023-01-012, 3, 7, 8-TcddMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  6. 2023-01-01EndothallMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  7. 2022-07-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  8. 2022-07-01Ethylene DibromideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  9. 2022-07-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  10. 2022-07-01Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  11. 2022-07-01PentachlorophenolMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  12. 2022-07-01Benzo(a)pyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2022-07-01HexachlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  14. 2022-07-012, 4, 5-TpMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2022-07-012, 4-DMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2022-07-01Heptachlor epoxideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2022-07-01HeptachlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2022-07-01LassoMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2022-07-01AtrazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  20. 2022-07-01CarbofuranMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2022-07-01HexachlorocyclopentadieneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  22. 2022-07-01DinosebMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2022-07-01PicloramMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2022-07-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2022-07-01SimazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
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  1. 2022-07-01OxamylMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  2. 2022-07-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  3. 2022-07-01GlyphosateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  4. 2022-07-01DiquatMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  5. 2022-07-01DalaponMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  6. 2022-07-01ToxapheneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  7. 2022-07-01MethoxychlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  8. 2022-07-01Bhc-GammaMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  9. 2022-07-01EndrinMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  10. 2022-07-01Radium-228Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  11. 2022-07-01Radium-226Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  12. 2022-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2022-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  14. 2022-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  15. 2022-04-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2022-04-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2022-04-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2022-04-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2022-04-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  20. 2022-04-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2022-04-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  22. 2022-04-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2022-04-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2022-04-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2022-04-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  26. 2022-04-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  27. 2022-04-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  28. 2022-04-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  29. 2022-04-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  30. 2022-04-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  31. 2022-04-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  32. 2022-04-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  33. 2022-04-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  34. 2022-04-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  35. 2022-04-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  36. 2022-04-01Ethylene DibromideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  37. 2022-04-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  38. 2022-04-01Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  39. 2022-04-01PentachlorophenolMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  40. 2022-04-01Benzo(a)pyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  41. 2022-04-01HexachlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  42. 2022-04-012, 4, 5-TpMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  43. 2022-04-012, 4-DMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  44. 2022-04-01Heptachlor epoxideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  45. 2022-04-01HeptachlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  46. 2022-04-012, 3, 7, 8-TcddMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  47. 2022-04-01LassoMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  48. 2022-04-01AtrazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  49. 2022-04-01CarbofuranMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  50. 2022-04-01HexachlorocyclopentadieneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  51. 2022-04-01DinosebMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  52. 2022-04-01PicloramMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  53. 2022-04-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  54. 2022-04-01SimazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  55. 2022-04-01OxamylMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  56. 2022-04-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  57. 2022-04-01GlyphosateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  58. 2022-04-01EndothallMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  59. 2022-04-01DiquatMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  60. 2022-04-01DalaponMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  61. 2022-04-01ToxapheneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  62. 2022-04-01MethoxychlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  63. 2022-04-01Bhc-GammaMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  64. 2022-04-01EndrinMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  65. 2022-04-01Radium-228Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  66. 2022-04-01Radium-226Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  67. 2022-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  68. 2022-01-01Radium-228Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  69. 2022-01-01Radium-226Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  70. 2022-01-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  71. 2022-01-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  72. 2021-10-01Radium-228Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  73. 2021-10-01Radium-226Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  74. 2021-10-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  75. 2021-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  76. 2021-07-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  77. 2021-07-01HexachlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  78. 2021-07-01Heptachlor epoxideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  79. 2021-07-01HeptachlorMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  80. 2021-07-01LassoMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  81. 2021-07-01HexachlorocyclopentadieneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  82. 2021-07-01MethoxychlorMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  83. 2021-07-01Bhc-GammaMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  84. 2021-07-01EndrinMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  85. 2021-07-01Radium-228Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  86. 2021-07-01Radium-226Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  87. 2021-07-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  88. 2021-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  89. 2015-01-01NitriteMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  90. 2015-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  91. 2015-01-01Thallium, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  92. 2015-01-01Beryllium, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  93. 2015-01-01Antimony, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  94. 2015-01-01SeleniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  95. 2015-01-01NickelMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  96. 2015-01-01MercuryMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  97. 2015-01-01FluorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  98. 2015-01-01CyanideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  99. 2015-01-01ChromiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  100. 2015-01-01CadmiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  101. 2015-01-01BariumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  102. 2015-01-01ArsenicMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  103. 2012-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  104. 2005-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  105. 2005-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  106. 2004-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  107. 2004-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  108. 2003-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  109. 2003-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance

System details

Population served3,800
Service connections194
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerFederal
StatusActive
CityTobyhanna
EPA ZIP on file18466

Areas served

  • Monroe County

Reading this record

Tobyhanna Army Depot is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 3,800 people in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.