Public water system record
West Buffalo Twp Mun Auth
Serves an area of Union County, PA · 333 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 27 monitoring/reporting issues for West Buffalo Twp Mun Auth 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
- 27
Key facts
- West Buffalo Twp Mun Auth buys its water from Mifflinburg Boro Water Dept.
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by Pennsylvania, February 2010.
- Record on file since 2002, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Aug 11, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Aug 11, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Mar 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jan 11, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Asbestos
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
May 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2018 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2018 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2005 | Resolved |
Full record since 2002
EPA's records for West Buffalo Twp Mun Auth go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 79 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 63 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 16 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 7 |
| 2020s | 0 | 17 |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators and EPA took 2 formal enforcement actions against West Buffalo Twp Mun Auth between 2008 and 2010, filed as 3 records in EPA's data. The most recent was an administrative penalty in February 2010.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2010 | Pennsylvania | Administrative penalty | 10 violations: Surface Water Treatment Rule, Lead and Copper Rule, Chlorine, Consumer Confidence Rule |
| May 8, 2008 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule |
Where the water comes from
West Buffalo Twp Mun Auth buys its water from Mifflinburg Boro Water Dept. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Mifflinburg Boro Water Dept Mifflinburg, PA
Annual water quality report
West Buffalo Twp Mun 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.
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 West Buffalo Twp Mun Auth for a copy.
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