Public water system record
Bcwsa New Hope
Serves New Hope, Bucks County, PA · 3,017 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 13 monitoring/reporting issues for Bcwsa New Hope 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
- 13
Key facts
- Bcwsa New Hope draws water from 5 wells and 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, January 2009.
- Record on file since 1988, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 473 unknown out of 665 service lines.
Check whether Bcwsa New Hope serves your address
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1988
EPA's records for Bcwsa New Hope go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (3 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 361 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 2 | 67 |
| 2000s | 2 | 273 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 20 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 10 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: CARBON, TOTAL, began July 2009, Resolved.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1991 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators and EPA took 2 formal enforcement actions against Bcwsa New Hope between 2004 and 2009. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 2009.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2009 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: E. coli |
| Oct 26, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
Where the water comes from
Bcwsa New Hope draws water from 5 wells and 1 surface water intake. 1 other community water system buys water from Bcwsa New Hope.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Village 2 Community Assoc New Hope, PA
Annual water quality report
Bcwsa New Hope 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.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
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