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Pinchot Lake

Reservoir in Pennsylvania, near Warrington

Current status

Discharge or advisory reported

A discharge is reported as ongoing, a post-discharge period applies, or an official advisory is listed. Open the report for its source, dates and advice. This status since . Why this status, and its source

Map sources: water outlines and launches from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (Open Database License); wastewater outlets from EPA and state records; downstream estimates by DirtyWaterWatch using U.S. Geological Survey maps and flow data. Base map: OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.

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About this status

Why this status: Discharge or advisory reported: official advisory.

Why we use this rule: An official advisory is listed. We show it while the authority keeps it in place; an old or missing update does not mean the advisory was lifted.

Source: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/health/programs/environmental-health/habs-dashboard. How long each status lasts, and why

Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health HAB dashboard, record pinchot-lake-20260518, updated by the source Oct 27, 2026, 9:42 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 21:20 UTC · Read the original notice

Updated .

Reports behind this status

Advice in the reports

Pennsylvania Department of Health HAB dashboard · May 18, 2026 · Current status: sets this water's status now

“Advisory (Yellow) (highest Department of Health response level in this period)”

The last 90 days

Last 90 days, hour by hour. Red: discharge or advisory reported. Amber: caution. Hatched amber: end not confirmed. Grey: no current status on the water outline. Purple hatching: source update overdue.
  • Discharge or advisory reported: to the latest update
    1 report: Pennsylvania Department of Health HAB dashboard 1
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    The records are also in the report table on this page.

Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using the reports named above and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-02 21:26 UTC.

Reported discharges over time

  • Hours with a discharge or advisory status on the Pinchot Lake in Pennsylvania, last 12 months4,038Reported on the Pinchot Lake in Pennsylvania: 0 · Arriving from outfalls upstream, estimated: 0December 2025 to November 2026Red hours by the map's rules: each discharge to its reported end plus the state's post-discharge period; overlapping hours count once.
  • 2026 season with a discharge or advisory status on the Pinchot Lake in Pennsylvania90%May to October 2026Share of May 1 to October 31 hours with red status by the map's rules, of the hours a source covered.
  • Records behind the last-90-days strip for the Pinchot Lake in Pennsylvania1Reported on the Pinchot Lake in Pennsylvania: 1 · Arriving from outfalls upstream, estimated: 0last 90 daysEvery distinct record the strip lists for its red, yellow and unresolved hours, notices and unresolved reports included; counted as the strip counts them.

Hours with a discharge or advisory status per month

Hours when this water had a discharge or advisory status under DirtyWaterWatch rules.

  • Discharge or advisory reported
  • No tracked source for this period
  • Incomplete source coverage
No tracked source

No tracked source covers January 2022 to March 2026.

Source: pa-doh-habs. Records cover April 7, 2026 to November 2, 2026.

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Hours with a discharge or advisory status per year

Hours with a discharge or advisory status each year under DirtyWaterWatch rules; 2026 to date.

  • Discharge or advisory reported
  • Incomplete source coverage
Limited records

Source: pa-doh-habs. Records cover April 7, 2026 to November 2, 2026.

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Share of the May to October season with a discharge or advisory status

Share of the hours from May 1 to October 31 with a discharge or advisory status under DirtyWaterWatch rules.

  • Discharge or advisory reported

Source: pa-doh-habs. Records cover April 7, 2026 to November 2, 2026.

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How these charts are counted

We count each discharge once. Where a source publishes notices and confirmed reports, we use confirmed reports for an operator's month when available; otherwise we use notices. We combine revisions and exclude duplicate state reports copied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Monthly and yearly totals appear separately. Status hours follow this site's rules. Shaded gaps mean missing coverage, not zero discharges.

  • pa-doh-habs: records from April 7, 2026 to the latest update

Reports linked to Pinchot Lake

Reports linked to Pinchot Lake, newest first
StartEnd Sewer operator OutletTypeVolumeSourceLinks
May 18, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT still listed as in effect not stated Not provided Cyanobacteria advisory (harmful blue-green algae) volume not reported Pennsylvania Department of Health HAB dashboard, record pinchot-lake-20260518, updated by the source Oct 27, 2026, 9:42 AM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-02 21:20 UTC · Read the original notice Read report: Cyanobacteria advisory (harmful blue-green algae), , May 18, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT · Map

All reports in Pennsylvania by year: 2026 (1 here)

Wastewater outlets on this water

Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

No wastewater outlet in our records is linked to this water.

Boat launches

Source: OpenBoatLaunch launch records (public agency data and OpenStreetMap, Open Database License). · Pinchot Lake on OpenBoatLaunch

Nearby waters

Sources covering this water

1 record linked to this water. Updated .