Public water system record
Lower Bucks Co Joint Mun Auth
Serves Levittown and Tullytown, Bucks County, PA · 63,007 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 24 monitoring/reporting issues for Lower Bucks Co Joint Mun Auth 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
- 24
Key facts
- Lower Bucks Co Joint Mun Auth draws water from 5 wells and 1 surface water intake (5 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, March 2006.
- Record on file since 1982, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 19,487 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
2,3,7,8-TCDD
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
May 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Nov 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Styrene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Ethylbenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Toluene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Benzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
CHLOROBENZENE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Tetrachloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Trichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
1,2-Dichloropropane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Carbon tetrachloride
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
1,2-Dichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
1,1-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
p-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
o-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
DICHLOROMETHANE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Xylenes, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1982
EPA's records for Lower Bucks Co Joint Mun Auth go back to 1982. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 115 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 38 |
| 1990s | 0 | 29 |
| 2000s | 1 | 39 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 3 | 9 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 22 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2011, Resolved.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081138 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087913 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087988 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2010 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2003 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Lower Bucks Co Joint Mun Auth between 2004 and 2006. The most recent was a consent decree or court judgment in March 2006.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2006 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Dec 23, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 2 violations: Radium-228, Radium-226 |
| Oct 26, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
Where the water comes from
Lower Bucks Co Joint Mun Auth draws water from 5 wells and 1 surface water intake (5 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also has an emergency connection to Aqua PA Bristol. 2 other community water systems and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Lower Bucks Co Joint Mun Auth. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Lower Bucks Co Joint Mun Auth.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Aqua PA Bristol Bryn Mawr, PA
Community systems that buy water from it
- Bcwsa Main Lower South Warrington, PA
- Falls Twp Water & Sewer Dept Fairless Hills, PA
Annual water quality report
Lower Bucks Co Joint Mun Auth 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.
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