Centre, PA
A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology.
Environmental data for Centre in Pennsylvania · Population: 158,041
Centre, PA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 9 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 42 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 36/100 (Moderate Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.
Industrial disclosures inside the county total 145.5K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 15 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 40 and a peak AQI of 97 in 2024, with 78% 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 | 287 (78%) | 79 | 0 | 97 |
| 2023 | 239 (65%) | 118 | 3 | 199 |
| 2022 | 240 (66%) | 125 | 0 | 89 |
| 2021 | 241 (66%) | 123 | 1 | 114 |
| 2020 | 287 (78%) | 79 | 0 | 91 |
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 (42)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| STATE COLLEGE BORO WATER AUTH | 72,000 | 0 |
| PENN STATE UNIV | 37,000 | 0 |
| PAW PHILIPSBURG | 20,784 | 0 |
| BELLEFONTE BOROUGH WATER AUTH | 9,500 | 4 |
| COLLEGE TWP WATER AUTHORITY | 6,000 | 0 |
| ROCKVIEW SCI | 5,200 | 0 |
| MOUNTAINTOP REG WATER AUTH | 3,456 | 4 |
| SPRING TWP WATER AUTHORITY | 3,300 | 0 |
| WALKER TWP WATER ASSOC | 3,250 | 3 |
| MILESBURG BOROUGH WATER AUTH | 2,750 | 3 |
| CORNER WATER SUPPLY & SERVICE | 2,100 | 0 |
| CENTRE HALL BORO WATER DEPT | 1,900 | 3 |
| UPPER HALFMOON WATER | 1,500 | 0 |
| PAW NITTANY | 1,499 | 0 |
| BOROUGH OF HOWARD | 1,001 | 0 |
| ROCK SPRING WATER CO | 1,000 | 17 |
| MILLHEIM BOROUGH WATER COMPANY | 902 | 2 |
| WARRIORS MARK GEN AUTH | 750 | 0 |
| HAMPTON HILLS BENNER TWP AUTH | 684 | 0 |
| GREGG TOWNSHIP WATER AUTHORITY | 670 | 0 |
| PORT MATILDA WATERWORKS | 615 | 0 |
| HAINES AARONSBURG MUN AUTH | 550 | 0 |
| QUEHANNA MOTIVATIONAL BOOTCAMP | 430 | 0 |
| MILES TWP WATER AUTH EAST | 425 | 5 |
| PENN TWP WATER DIST | 300 | 0 |
| HALFMOON WATER ASSOCIATION | 300 | 0 |
| RIDGE CREST COMMUNITY | 300 | 0 |
| UNIONVILLE MUNICIPAL WATERWKS | 290 | 0 |
| MADISONBURG WATER WORKS | 250 | 0 |
| GROVE PARK BENNER TWP AUTH | 185 | 0 |
| TROTTER FARMS | 175 | 0 |
| HAINES WOODWARD MUNICIPAL AUTH | 140 | 4 |
| MOUNT EAGLE WATER ASSOC | 130 | 0 |
| PAW BOGGS | 100 | 0 |
| EMPIRE MOBILE HOME PARK | 75 | 0 |
| COUNTRY CLUB PARK | 75 | 1 |
| BLARNEYSTONE | 75 | 0 |
| ORVISTON WATER ASSOC INC | 72 | 1 |
| EAGLE CREEK | 60 | 2 |
| HIDDEN VIEW ESTATES | 57 | 8 |
| NITTANY GROVE CONDO COMM ASSN | 45 | 2 |
| WYNWOOD HOUSE AT SALEM HILL | 32 | 7 |
TRI Facilities (9)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piezo Kinetics Inc | 55.3K lbs |
| 2 | Trs Ceramics Inc. DBA Trs Technologies | 27.2K lbs |
| 3 | Hanover Foods Corp | 26.6K lbs |
| 4 | Spectrum Controlinc | 21.3K lbs |
| 5 | Supelco | 13.7K lbs |
| 6 | Pmg Pennsylvania | 1.3K lbs |
| 7 | State of the Art,inc. | 41 lbs |
| 8 | Graymont (pa) Inc. | 40 lbs |
| 9 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 0 lbs |
Cities in Centre (4)
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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.