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Brookline Retirement Village

Serves an area of Juniata County, PA · 150 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 16 monitoring/reporting issues for Brookline Retirement Village in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Groundwater Rule violation.

  • PA4340001
  • MIFFLINTOWN
  • PA
  • 150 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 17059
EPA system ID PA4340001

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
16

Key facts

  • Brookline Retirement Village draws water from 1 well.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, November 2005.
  • Record on file since 1999, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 41 unknown out of 41 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
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 140 May 1, 2024 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Radium-228
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Radium-226
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Combined Uranium
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2022 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2022 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Apr 11, 2021 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Apr 11, 2021 Active
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Nov 1, 2020 Resolved
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Radium-228
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Radium-226
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 1999

EPA's records for Brookline Retirement Village go back to 1999. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 34 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2000s 0 13
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 20
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 1 11

Enforcement actions

Pennsylvania regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Brookline Retirement Village between 2004 and 2005. The most recent was a consent decree or court judgment in November 2005.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 2, 2005 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Oct 25, 2004 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule

What the violations mean

Groundwater Rule

1 incident

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

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Brookline Retirement Village draws water from 1 well.

Annual water quality report

Brookline Retirement Village 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.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Brookline Retirement Village for a copy.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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