Public water system record
Somerset Twp M A Friedens
Serves Friedens, Somerset County, PA · 1,374 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Somerset Twp M A Friedens 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
- 5
Key facts
- Somerset Twp M A Friedens buys its water from Somerset Cnty Quemahoning Syst.
- Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, December 2005.
- Record on file since 2002, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 392 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Sep 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 2002
EPA's records for Somerset Twp M A Friedens go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 39 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 37 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 4 |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Somerset Twp M A Friedens in 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 | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| Aug 31, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| Jun 9, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| Feb 7, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| Feb 4, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 5 violations: Methoxychlor, Hexachlorocyclopentadiene, Chlordane, Chlorine, BHC-GAMMA |
Where the water comes from
Somerset Twp M A Friedens buys its water from Somerset Cnty Quemahoning Syst. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Somerset Cnty Quemahoning Syst Somerset, PA
Annual water quality report
Somerset Twp M A Friedens 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