Public water system record
Aqua PA Bristol
Serves an area of Bucks County, PA that includes Croydon and Bristol · 28,727 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Aqua PA Bristol in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 6
Key facts
- Aqua PA Bristol draws water from 9 wells and 1 surface water intake.
- Record on file since 1982, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 8 lead and 3,807 unknown out of 11,622 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
2,3,7,8-TCDD
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Chlorite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
HEXACHLOROBENZENE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1982
EPA's records for Aqua PA Bristol go back to 1982. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 40 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 15 |
| 1990s | 0 | 19 |
| 2000s | 0 | 6 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Cadmium, began June 1988, Archived.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Cadmium
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 25, 1988 | Archived |
Where the water comes from
Aqua PA Bristol draws water from 9 wells and 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to Lower Bucks Co Joint Mun Auth. 1 other community water system buys water from Aqua PA Bristol. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Aqua PA Bristol.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Lower Bucks Co Joint Mun Auth Levittown, PA
Community systems that buy water from it
- Aqua PA Bensalem Bryn Mawr, PA
Annual water quality report
Aqua PA Bristol must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Pennsylvania.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells