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North Penn Water Authority

Serves an area of Montgomery County, PA that includes Harleysville, Kulpsville, Lansdale and 4 more places · 91,941 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for North Penn Water Authority in the last ten years.

  • PA1460034
  • LANSDALE
  • PA
  • 91,941 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 19446
EPA system ID PA1460034

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • North Penn Water Authority draws water from 13 wells (9 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Pennsylvania, January 1994.
  • Record on file since 1982, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 34 lead and 0 unknown out of 35,133 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1982

EPA's records for North Penn Water Authority go back to 1982. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (6 resolved) and 90 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 14
1990s 6 43
2000s 0 33

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Tetrachloroethylene, began April 1994, Resolved.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Tetrachloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1994 Resolved
Tetrachloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1994 Resolved
Tetrachloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1994 Resolved
Tetrachloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1994 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1994 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1991 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Pennsylvania regulators issued 1 boil water order to North Penn Water Authority in 1994. The most recent was a boil water order in January 1994.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 14, 1994 Pennsylvania Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

North Penn Water Authority draws water from 13 wells (9 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Hilltown Twp Water&Sewer Auth, North Wales Water Authority, PA American Norristown, Telford Borough Authority and Dtma Main System. 6 other community water systems and 5 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from North Penn Water Authority. 5 other public water systems have emergency connections to North Penn Water Authority.

Buys water from

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

North Penn Water Authority 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.

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Testing your own water

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