Public water system record
Desales University
Serves DeSales University, Lehigh County, PA · 2,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 8 monitoring/reporting issues for Desales University 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
- 8
Key facts
- Desales University draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, May 2008.
- Record on file since 1980, with 2 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 4 unknown out of 72 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
|
Mar 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
May 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
May 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Desales University go back to 1980. Before October 20, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 20 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 15 |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 to October 19, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| October 20, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 20, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 1999, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 20, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1999 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1999 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators and EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Desales University and issued 1 boil water order between 1999 and 2008. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in May 2008.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2008 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule |
| Oct 1, 1999 | Pennsylvania | Boil water order | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Desales University draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Desales University 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