Public water system record
Quakertown Boro
Serves Quakertown, Bucks County, PA · 12,800 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 20 monitoring/reporting issues for Quakertown Boro 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
- 20
Key facts
- Quakertown Boro draws water from 11 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, March 2006.
- Record on file since 1976, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,060 unknown out of 3,768 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 |
|---|---|---|
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Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
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Dec 1, 2024 | Resolved |
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Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2024 | Resolved |
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Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
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2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
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Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
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Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
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Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
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Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
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Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
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Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
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Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
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Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
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Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
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Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
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Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
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Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
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Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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Radium-228
Monitoring and reporting
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Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
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Radium-226
Monitoring and reporting
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Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
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Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
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Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
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Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
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Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
Full record since 1976
EPA's records for Quakertown Boro go back to 1976. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 180 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1980s | 0 | 45 |
| 1990s | 1 | 76 |
| 2000s | 1 | 12 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 46 |
| 2020s | 0 | 20 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Arsenic, began July 2010, Resolved.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.011 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2010 | Resolved |
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Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2005 | Resolved |
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Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1992 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Quakertown Boro between 2005 and 2006. The most recent was a consent decree or court judgment in March 2006.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2006 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 2 violations: Total Coliform, Chlorine |
| Mar 2, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Quakertown Boro draws water from 11 wells. 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buys water from Quakertown Boro.
Annual water quality report
Quakertown Boro 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