Public water system record
West View Water Authority
Serves an area of Allegheny County, PA that includes Franklin Park, Allison Park, Bellevue and 7 more places · 200,000 people served
Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 13 monitoring/reporting issues for West View Water Authority in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 2
- Resolved
- 2
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 13
Key facts
- West View Water Authority draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
- Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, September 2005.
- Record on file since 1979, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 636 lead and 24,851 unknown out of 62,595 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.
| Contaminant | Rule family | Start date | Status | Acute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
120 | Aug 1, 2018 | Resolved | No |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
120 | Apr 1, 2018 | Resolved | No |
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Sep 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1979
EPA's records for West View Water Authority go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 62 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0 | 24 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 2 | 36 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 2 | 12 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: CARBON, TOTAL, began July 2015, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2013 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against West View Water Authority in 2005. The most recent was a consent decree or court judgment in September 2005.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
What the violations mean
Surface Water Treatment Rule
2 incidentsThe system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Surface Water Treatment Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).
The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.
Where the water comes from
West View Water Authority draws water from 2 surface water intakes. It also has emergency connections to Robinson Twp Muni Auth and Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Auth. 8 other community water systems and 3 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from West View Water Authority.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Robinson Twp Muni Auth Pittsburgh, PA
- Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Auth Pittsburgh, PA
Community systems that buy water from it
- Aleppo Twp Auth Sewickley, PA
- Cranberry Twp WTP Cranberry Twp, PA
- Hampton Shaler Water Authority Allison Park, PA
- Municipal Water Auth Adams Twp Mars, PA
- Neville Twp Water Dept Pittsburgh, PA
- New Sewickley Twp Muni Auth Rochester, PA
- Richland Twp Water Authority Gibsonia, PA
- Seven Fields Boro Water Dept Seven Fields, PA
Annual water quality report
West View Water Authority 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
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