Public water system record
Ashland Area Water Authority
Serves Ashland and Fountain Springs, Schuylkill County, PA · 4,200 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 43 monitoring/reporting issues for Ashland Area Water Authority 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
- 43
Key facts
- Ashland Area Water Authority draws water from 3 wells and 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, May 2008.
- Record on file since 1979, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 2 lead and 1,736 unknown out of 1,846 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Thallium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Beryllium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Selenium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Nickel
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Mercury
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Fluoride
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
CYANIDE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Chromium (total)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Cadmium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Barium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Styrene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Ethylbenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Toluene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Benzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
CHLOROBENZENE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Tetrachloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Trichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
1,2-Dichloropropane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Carbon tetrachloride
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
1,2-Dichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
1,1-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
p-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
o-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
DICHLOROMETHANE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Xylenes, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
May 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1979
EPA's records for Ashland Area Water Authority go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 45 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 8 |
| 1980s | 0 | 11 |
| 1990s | 1 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0 | 19 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 5 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 36 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began January 1992, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1992 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators and EPA took 4 formal enforcement actions against Ashland Area Water Authority between 2004 and 2008. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in May 2008.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2008 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule |
| Nov 30, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 3 violations: Chlorine, Surface Water Treatment Rule, Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Mar 2, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Dec 27, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 4 violations: Surface Water Treatment Rule |
Where the water comes from
Ashland Area Water Authority draws water from 3 wells and 1 surface water intake.
Annual water quality report
Ashland Area Water 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
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