Public water system record
Lca Allentown Division
Serves Allentown, Dorneyville and Cetronia, Lehigh County, PA · 118,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Lca Allentown Division 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
- 4
Key facts
- Lca Allentown Division draws water from 2 wells and 2 surface water intakes.
- Record on file since 1979, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 4,704 lead and 22,409 unknown out of 33,517 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
Full record since 1979
EPA's records for Lca Allentown Division go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 2 |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 4 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began February 1995, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Feb 1, 1995 | Resolved |
Where the water comes from
Lca Allentown Division draws water from 2 wells and 2 surface water intakes. 5 other community water systems and 2 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Lca Allentown Division.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Hanover Township Lehigh County Allentown, PA
- Lca Wlsa Central Division Allentown, PA
- SWT Allentown Cons System Allentown, PA
- SWT Main System Allentown, PA
- Salisbury Twp Water System Allentown, PA
Annual water quality report
Lca Allentown Division 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