Berks, PA
A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against every other tracked county rather than against fixed national thresholds.
Environmental data for Berks in Pennsylvania · Population: 429,989
Berks, PA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 48 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 96 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 71/100 (High Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.
Industrial disclosures inside the county total 13.0M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 43 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 43 and a peak AQI of 105 in 2024, with 69% of observed days rated "Good" (0–50).
All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.
Air Quality History (2020–2024)
EPA Air Quality Index (AQI) data showing how many days per year fall into each air quality category.
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy (SG) | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 254 (69%) | 110 | 2 | 105 |
| 2023 | 205 (56%) | 147 | 7 | 287 |
| 2022 | 240 (66%) | 123 | 2 | 101 |
| 2021 | 198 (54%) | 162 | 5 | 133 |
| 2020 | 227 (63%) | 134 | 1 | 102 |
Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County AQI categories: Good (0-50), Moderate (51-100), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101-150), Unhealthy (151-200), Very Unhealthy (201-300), Hazardous (301+)
For real-time air quality readings and pollutant breakdowns in Pennsylvania, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (96)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| READING AREA WATER AUTHORITY | 95,100 | 8 |
| PAW PENN DISTRICT | 28,508 | 0 |
| MUHLENBERG TWP MUNI AUTH | 21,000 | 2 |
| KUTZTOWN BOROUGH WATER | 14,200 | 0 |
| SHILLINGTON MUNI AUTH | 13,300 | 2 |
| MT PENN BORO MUNI AUTH | 10,400 | 0 |
| WYOMISSING BORO WATER SYSTEM | 8,500 | 0 |
| BOYERTOWN MUNI AUTH | 8,000 | 1 |
| WERNERSVILLE MUNI WATER AUTH | 7,654 | 0 |
| MAIDENCREEK TWP WATER AUTH | 7,505 | 0 |
| BIRDSBORO MUNI WATER AUTH | 5,353 | 20 |
| HAMBURG MUNI WATER&SEWER AUTH | 4,990 | 1 |
| WEST READING BORO WATER | 4,300 | 3 |
| CAERNARVON TWP AUTH | 4,245 | 0 |
| FLEETWOOD BORO WATER SYSTEM | 4,218 | 1 |
| ONTELAUNEE TOWNSHIP | 2,598 | 4 |
| OLEY TWP MUNI AUTH | 2,204 | 0 |
| LEESPORT BORO WATER AUTH | 2,200 | 0 |
| SHOEMAKERSVILLE BORO WATER SYS | 2,150 | 0 |
| BALLY MUNI WATER WORKS | 2,146 | 0 |
| ALBURTIS BOROUGH AUTHORITY | 2,117 | 0 |
| TOPTON BORO WATER SUPPLY | 2,069 | 0 |
| BERN TWP MUNI AUTH | 1,800 | 0 |
| RICHLAND BORO WATER SUPPLY | 1,700 | 0 |
| RAWA NORTH HEIDELBERG | 1,350 | 0 |
| HIGHLAND EST MHP | 1,050 | 0 |
| BERNVILLE BOROUGH | 1,010 | 0 |
| VILLAGE OF PLEASANT HILL | 650 | 1 |
| INDIAN RUN VILLAGE MHP | 550 | 3 |
| LYONS BORO | 500 | 0 |
| CEDAR MANOR MHP | 432 | 19 |
| MAXATAWNY TWP MUNI AUTH | 425 | 4 |
| LUTHERAN HOME AT TOPTON | 410 | 2 |
| HERITAGE VILLAGE MHP | 400 | 6 |
| CAROLINE ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK | 395 | 1 |
| WBWA MOHRSVILLE DISTRICT | 375 | 0 |
| MOUNT ROCK MANOR | 350 | 5 |
| COUNTRY VIEW EST | 330 | 0 |
| GREEN HILL MHP | 323 | 0 |
| ORCHARD HILLS MHP | 303 | 0 |
| PINE MANOR MHP | 302 | 19 |
| WILL O HILL APTS | 300 | 0 |
| TEEN CHALLENGE TRNG CTR | 300 | 1 |
| SHERWOOD FOREST/FOREST VIEW VILLAGE MHP | 293 | 1 |
| HERSHEY ESTATES & STORAGE | 293 | 0 |
| BAY COUNTRY ESTATES MOBILE HOME PARK | 276 | 3 |
| STONY BROOK CIRCLE MHP | 272 | 6 |
| CONODOGUINET MOBILE EST | 265 | 0 |
| LAUREL HEALTH RESOURCES | 240 | 0 |
| WILLOW HAVEN NORTH MHP | 240 | 0 |
| LENWOOD PARK | 230 | 5 |
| CANAL MOBILE HOME PARK | 200 | 2 |
| BETHANY CHILDRENS HOME | 200 | 3 |
| NEWBERRY EST | 200 | 1 |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW MHP | 180 | 0 |
| TIADAGHTON VIEW MHP | 175 | 0 |
| ABRAXAS ACADEMY | 156 | 0 |
| IMPERIAL MOBILE HOME PARK | 151 | 9 |
| PERRY TWP MUNI AUTH | 145 | 2 |
| SUNRISE TERRACE MOBILE HOME PK | 144 | 0 |
| E&Y FARM APARTMENTS | 135 | 0 |
| LOAGS CORNER MOBILE HOME PARK | 130 | 2 |
| SPRINGHILL MOBILE HOME PARK | 130 | 2 |
| GREENTOP MOBILE HOME PARK | 120 | 1 |
| VILLAGE AT SUMMIT CREST | 120 | 0 |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW TERRACE | 117 | 4 |
| ALEX ACRES MHP | 108 | 0 |
| PAW GOLDEN OAKS | 100 | 0 |
| BLACK HAWK MOBILE HOME PARK | 100 | 2 |
| BUCKNELL VIEW MHP | 100 | 0 |
| BERKLEIGH HEIGHTS MHP INC | 95 | 0 |
| HERITAGE HILL ESTATE | 90 | 2 |
| WELLINGTON MOBILE ESTATES | 90 | 1 |
| GEISINGERS MHP | 84 | 0 |
| URBAN ACRES MHP | 80 | 0 |
| BLUE HERON VILLAGE | 80 | 0 |
| POCONO MOBILE MANOR MHP | 77 | 0 |
| WESTERN BERKS WATER AUTH | 75 | 0 |
| LAZY K CAMPGROUND | 75 | 3 |
| SUNNY CREST HOME | 71 | 0 |
| DELMAR MEADOWS MHC | 64 | 0 |
| VALLEY GORGE MH PARK LLC | 60 | 0 |
| MEADOWBROOK MOBILE HOMES | 60 | 5 |
| VALLEY VIEW MHP MORGANTOWN | 60 | 0 |
| THE ACORNS LLC | 50 | 1 |
| VALLEY VIEW MHP BLANDON | 50 | 3 |
| BUCKINGHAM PRESERVE | 50 | 0 |
| D AND H TRAILER PARK | 50 | 0 |
| BERKS LEISURE LIVING | 49 | 1 |
| GREEN ACRES MHP | 47 | 0 |
| SHADY BACK ACRES MHP | 40 | 6 |
| GLENWOOD MOBILEHOME PARK | 40 | 3 |
| HARMAN SUBDIVISION | 35 | 0 |
| PLEASANT RUN MHP | 32 | 0 |
| APPLE BLOSSOM LANE MHP | 31 | 5 |
| JUST A MERE VILLAGE | 30 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (48)
Cities in Berks (23)
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This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.