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Joseph Terry Civic Center

At a glance

Joseph Terry Civic Center (PWSID PA2350382) is an active transient non-community water system in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It reports serving 30 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a local government. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDPA2350382

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served30

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typeLocal government

Primacy agencyPA state drinking water program

City served—

StatePennsylvania

ZIP—

CountyLackawanna County

How does Joseph Terry Civic Center compare with other water systems in Lackawanna County?

By EPA's size categories, Joseph Terry Civic Center is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Lackawanna County has 113 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,549 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 174,995 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Pennsylvania, the 7,217 active systems average 1,741 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Joseph Terry Civic Center is well below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Pennsylvania has 4,429 active transient non-community water systems, 61% of the state's 7,217 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 6,632 Pennsylvania systems (92%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Joseph Terry Civic Center?

EPA lists Joseph Terry Civic Center as owned by a local government. The PA state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 7 of the 113 active systems in Lackawanna County (6.2%) are also owned by a local government.

Does Joseph Terry Civic Center have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2006 and October 2025. By type: 5 monitoring, 4 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 3 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (6 of them). EPA lists 10 as resolved and 2 as unaddressed. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-03-11	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2018-02-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-01-11	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2018-01-11	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2016-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-04-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherSample Siting Plan Errors (RTCR) · code 5A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2016-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitritecode 1041	No	Resolved
2016-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2006-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Joseph Terry Civic Center: frequently asked questions

Who runs Joseph Terry Civic Center?

Joseph Terry Civic Center (PWSID PA2350382) is a transient non-community water system owned by a local government. It is regulated by the PA state drinking water program.

How many people does Joseph Terry Civic Center serve?

Joseph Terry Civic Center reports serving 30 people through 1 service connection in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.

Where does Joseph Terry Civic Center get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Joseph Terry Civic Center have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Joseph Terry Civic Center's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the PA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Joseph Terry Civic Center's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Joseph Terry Civic Center is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Lackawanna County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Pa Amer Water Co Lake Scranton	Lackawanna	137,142	Community	Surface water
Pa Amer Water Co Brownell	Lackawanna	12,560	Community	Surface water
Eagle Lake Community Assoc	Lackawanna	3,500	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Pa Amer Water Co Fallbrook	Lackawanna	2,851	Community	Surface water
North Pocono Middle School	Lackawanna	1,149	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
North Pocono High School	Lackawanna	1,100	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Joseph Terry Civic Center, PWSID PA2350382, Pennsylvania”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/pennsylvania/joseph-terry-civic-center-pa2350382 (data as of October 1, 2026).