Public water system record

Mun Water Auth of Aliquippa

Serves an area of Beaver County, PA that includes Aliquippa · 15,685 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 31 monitoring/reporting issues for Mun Water Auth of Aliquippa in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation.

  • PA5040006
  • ALIQUIPPA
  • PA
  • 15,685 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 15001
EPA system ID PA5040006

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
3
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
31

Key facts

  • Mun Water Auth of Aliquippa draws water from 7 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, December 2007.
  • Record on file since 1988, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 105 lead and 3,618 unknown out of 6,031 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique failure
110 Oct 20, 2025 Resolved No
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Treatment technique failure
110 Oct 19, 2025 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
140 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
Oct 20, 2025 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
Oct 19, 2025 Resolved
Diquat
Monitoring and reporting
Oct 1, 2025 Resolved
2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Dinoseb
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Radium-228
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Radium-226
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Combined Uranium
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Dec 1, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Thallium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Beryllium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Antimony, Total
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Selenium
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Nickel
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Mercury
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Fluoride
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
CYANIDE
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Chromium (total)
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Cadmium
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Barium
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
Oct 1, 2022 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Aug 1, 2022 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Dec 1, 2017 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Nov 1, 2017 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1988

EPA's records for Mun Water Auth of Aliquippa go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 75 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 29
1990s 0 1
2000s 0 12
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 33
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 3
2020s 2 28

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Groundwater Rule, began February 2014, Resolved.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
Feb 1, 2014 Resolved
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
Oct 1, 2013 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Pennsylvania regulators and EPA took 3 formal enforcement actions against Mun Water Auth of Aliquippa between 2005 and 2007. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2007.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 26, 2007 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Mar 30, 2006 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 1 violation: Chlorine
Mar 17, 2005 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 1 violation: Chlorine

What the violations mean

Revised Total Coliform Rule

2 incidents

The system did not meet a requirement of the Revised Total Coliform Rule

Coliform and E. coli rules protect against bacteria in the distribution system

Groundwater Rule

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Groundwater Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Mun Water Auth of Aliquippa draws water from 7 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Center Twp Water Auth.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Mun Water Auth of Aliquippa 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

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