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Boswell Boro Muni Auth

Serves an area of Somerset County, PA that includes Boswell · 2,900 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Boswell Boro Muni Auth in the last ten years.

  • PA4560030
  • BOSWELL
  • PA
  • 2,900 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 15531
EPA system ID PA4560030

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Boswell Boro Muni Auth draws water from 2 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, December 2005.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 881 unknown out of 921 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
2,3,7,8-TCDD
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 11, 2009 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 11, 2008 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 11, 2008 Resolved

Full record since 1979

EPA's records for Boswell Boro Muni Auth go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 81 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 14
1990s 4 45
2000s 0 19
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 3
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Arsenic, began July 1997, Resolved.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1997 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1994 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 1993 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1992 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Pennsylvania regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Boswell Boro Muni Auth and issued 1 boil water order between 1994 and 2005. The most recent was a consent decree or court judgment in December 2005.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Oct 27, 2004 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Feb 10, 1994 Pennsylvania Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

Boswell Boro Muni Auth draws water from 2 wells. It also buys water from Somerset Cnty Quemahoning Syst.

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Annual water quality report

Boswell Boro Muni 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.

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