Public water system record
Catasauqua Mun Water Works
Serves Catasauqua, Lehigh County, PA · 6,598 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 15 monitoring/reporting issues for Catasauqua Mun Water Works 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
- 15
Key facts
- Catasauqua Mun Water Works draws water from 3 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, January 2005.
- Record on file since 1993, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 5 lead and 2,215 unknown out of 2,251 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Endothall
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Catasauqua Mun Water Works go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 36 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 30 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 11 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began May 1993, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Catasauqua Mun Water Works and issued 1 boil water order between 1993 and 2005. The most recent was a consent decree or court judgment in January 2005.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| May 25, 1993 | Pennsylvania | Boil water order | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Catasauqua Mun Water Works draws water from 3 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Northampton Boro Muni Auth.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Northampton Boro Muni Auth Northampton, PA
Annual water quality report
Catasauqua Mun Water Works 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