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Aqua PA Superior Main System

Serves an area of Montgomery County, PA that includes Halfway House and Gilbertsville · 11,400 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Aqua PA Superior Main System in the last ten years.

  • PA1460085
  • BRYN MAWR
  • PA
  • 11,400 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 19010
EPA system ID PA1460085

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Aqua PA Superior Main System draws water from 10 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, May 2008.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 125 unknown out of 4,581 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.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Aqua PA Superior Main System go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (7 resolved) and 475 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 51
2000s 6 405
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 19
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Arsenic, began October 2008, Resolved.

Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.012 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2008 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.014 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2008 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.015 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2008 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.012 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2008 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.014 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2007 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.016 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.6 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2006 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1997 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Pennsylvania regulators and EPA took 4 formal enforcement actions against Aqua PA Superior Main System between 2004 and 2008. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in May 2008.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 7, 2008 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Feb 7, 2006 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 20 violations: Radium-226, Combined Uranium, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Radium-228
Sep 2, 2005 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 32 violations: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Uranium, Radium-226, Radium-228
Oct 26, 2004 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule

Where the water comes from

Aqua PA Superior Main System draws water from 10 wells. It also buys water from Pottstown Borough Water Auth.

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Annual water quality report

Aqua PA Superior Main System 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

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