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Kline Township Mun Authority

Serves an area of Schuylkill County, PA that includes McAdoo and Kelayres · 6,700 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 19 monitoring/reporting issues for Kline Township Mun Authority in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Lead and Copper Rule violation.

  • PA3540014
  • MCADOO
  • PA
  • 6,700 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 18237
EPA system ID PA3540014

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
19

Key facts

  • Kline Township Mun Authority draws water from 4 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, March 2006.
  • Record on file since 1984, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,024 unknown out of 2,062 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Apr 1, 2019 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Sep 1, 2021 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Feb 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Mar 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Feb 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Nov 1, 2017 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2017 Resolved
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 1984

EPA's records for Kline Township Mun Authority go back to 1984. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 67 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 41
1990s 1 1
2000s 1 14
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 11
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 4
2020s 0 13

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Groundwater Rule, began December 2014, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 2014 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.014 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2006 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1992 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Pennsylvania regulators and EPA took 6 formal enforcement actions against Kline Township Mun Authority between 1994 and 2006. The most recent was a consent decree or court judgment in March 2006.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 1, 2006 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 1 violation: Chlorine
Jan 19, 2006 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 2 violations: Chlorine
Jun 27, 2005 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 1 violation: Chlorine
Mar 2, 2005 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jun 4, 2004 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Nov 4, 1994 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 42 violations (1 health-based): DICHLOROMETHANE, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Tetrachloroethylene, Styrene, Surface Water Treatment Rule

What the violations mean

Lead and Copper Rule

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Lead and Copper Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Kline Township Mun Authority draws water from 4 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). 1 other community water system buys water from Kline Township Mun Authority.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Kline Township Mun Authority 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

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