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Blair Twp Water & Sewer Auth

Serves Penn Farms, Blair County, PA · 2,550 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Blair Twp Water & Sewer Auth in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • PA4070011
  • DUNCANSVILLE
  • PA
  • 2,550 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 16635
EPA system ID PA4070011

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
5

Key facts

  • Blair Twp Water & Sewer Auth buys its water from Altoona Water Authority.
  • Record on file since 2006, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 902 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
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Oct 1, 2017 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, 2020 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 2006

EPA's records for Blair Twp Water & Sewer Auth go back to 2006. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 8 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 8
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 3
2020s 0 2

What the violations mean

Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Surface Water Treatment Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Blair Twp Water & Sewer Auth buys its water from Altoona Water Authority. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Blair Twp Water & Sewer Auth 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

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