Public water system record
PA American Norristown
Serves an area of Montgomery County, PA that includes Norristown, Trooper, Blue Bell and 6 more places · 88,885 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 22 monitoring/reporting issues for PA American Norristown 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
- 22
Key facts
- PA American Norristown draws water from 2 surface water intakes (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, March 2010.
- Record on file since 1992, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 43 lead and 30,340 unknown out of 34,495 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Styrene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Ethylbenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Toluene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Benzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
CHLOROBENZENE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Tetrachloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Trichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
1,2-Dichloropropane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Carbon tetrachloride
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
1,2-Dichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
1,1-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
p-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
o-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
DICHLOROMETHANE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Xylenes, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for PA American Norristown go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 20 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Enforcement actions
EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against PA American Norristown in 2010. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2010.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2010 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule |
Where the water comes from
PA American Norristown draws water from 2 surface water intakes (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from North Wales Water Authority and Aqua PA Main System. It also has an emergency connection to North Penn Water Authority. 3 other community water systems buy water from PA American Norristown.
Buys water from
- North Wales Water Authority North Wales, PA
- Aqua PA Main System Bryn Mawr, PA
Emergency or part-time connections to
- North Penn Water Authority Lansdale, PA
Community systems that buy water from it
- North Penn Water Authority Lansdale, PA
- PA American Audubon Norristown, PA
- PA American Royersford Spring City, PA
Annual water quality report
PA American Norristown 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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