Public water system record
Richfield Area Joint Auth
Serves Richfield, Juniata County and Snyder County, PA · 1,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for Richfield Area Joint Auth in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 9
Key facts
- Richfield Area Joint Auth draws water from 4 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Pennsylvania, October 2006.
- Record on file since 1976, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 222 unknown out of 225 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 |
|---|---|---|
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
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|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
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Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
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Fluoride
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
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CYANIDE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
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Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
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Public Notice
OTHER
|
Sep 11, 2006 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
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Public Notice
OTHER
|
Sep 11, 2006 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
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Full record since 1976
EPA's records for Richfield Area Joint Auth go back to 1976. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 144 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1980s | 0 | 29 |
| 1990s | 1 | 22 |
| 2000s | 0 | 81 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 11 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 6 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began July 1996, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 25, 1996 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators took 8 formal enforcement actions against Richfield Area Joint Auth between 2004 and 2006, filed as 11 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in October 2006.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2006 | Pennsylvania | Signed compliance agreement | 7 violations: Public Notice, Total Coliform |
| Mar 17, 2006 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Dec 8, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 2 violations: Surface Water Treatment Rule, Chlorine |
| Mar 16, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| Dec 17, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 2 violations: Chlorine, Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Oct 25, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Oct 20, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 2 violations: Chlorine |
| Jun 15, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Chlorine |
Where the water comes from
Richfield Area Joint Auth draws water from 4 wells.
Annual water quality report
Richfield Area Joint 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
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