Public water system · PA2400026

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Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus

At a glance

Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus (PWSID PA2400026) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It reports serving 891 people through 10 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a state government. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2005.

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

Population served

891

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDPA2400026

System typeNon-transient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served891

Service connections10

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typeState government

Primacy agencyPA state drinking water program

City served—

StatePennsylvania

ZIP—

CountyLuzerne County

How does Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus compare with other water systems in Luzerne County?

By EPA's size categories, Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Luzerne County has 233 active public water systems. Its population served is about 36% below the county average of 1,384 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 322,402 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Pennsylvania, the 7,217 active systems average 1,741 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus is about twice that figure.

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

A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. Pennsylvania has 1,026 active non-transient non-community water systems, 14% 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 Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus?

EPA lists Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus as owned by a state 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 233 active systems in Luzerne County (3%) are also owned by a state government.

Does Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2005. The violations listed here began between January 1994 and January 2005. By type: 11 monitoring and reporting and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Chlorine (5 of them). EPA lists 12 as resolved. 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2005-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2004-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2004-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2004-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2004-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2004-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2004-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2002-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2002-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2002-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
1994-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	trans-1,2-Dichloroethylenecode 2979	No	Resolved
1994-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	cis-1,2-Dichloroethylenecode 2380	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.

Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus: frequently asked questions

Who runs Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus?

Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus (PWSID PA2400026) is a non-transient non-community water system owned by a state government. It is regulated by the PA state drinking water program.

How many people does Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus serve?

Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus reports serving 891 people through 10 service connections in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Where does Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus 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 Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus 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 January 2005. 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 Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus' 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 January 2005. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the PA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus' water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus is a non-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 Luzerne County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Paw Ceasetown	Luzerne	58,467	Community	Surface water
Paw Nesbitt	Luzerne	52,640	Community	Surface water
Paw Watres	Luzerne	52,002	Community	Surface water
Hca Hazleton Division	Luzerne	45,000	Community	Surface water
Paw Huntsville	Luzerne	11,987	Community	Surface water
Humboldt Industrial Park	Luzerne	11,243	Non-transient non-community	Purchased surface water

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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, “Penn St Wilkes Barre Campus, PWSID PA2400026, Pennsylvania”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/pennsylvania/penn-st-wilkes-barre-campus-pa2400026 (data as of October 1, 2026).