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North Sewickley Mun Water Auth

Serves an area of Beaver County, PA that includes Hazen · 4,578 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 25 monitoring/reporting issues for North Sewickley Mun Water Auth in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Revised Total Coliform Rule violation.

  • PA5040010
  • BEAVER FALLS
  • PA
  • 4,578 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 15010
EPA system ID PA5040010

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
25

Key facts

  • North Sewickley Mun Water Auth buys its water from Beaver Falls Muni Auth and PA Amer Water Co Ellwood Cty.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, April 2005.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 860 unknown out of 1,873 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 14, 2025 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
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2026 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Nov 24, 2025 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Oct 14, 2025 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 May 1, 2025 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 11, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 11, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jan 11, 2024 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Nov 1, 2023 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Nov 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 May 1, 2022 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Apr 11, 2022 Active
Asbestos
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Mar 1, 2020 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for North Sewickley Mun Water Auth go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and 17 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 1
1990s 0 4
2000s 3 6
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 6
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 1 22

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2010, Resolved.

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.09045 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.102825 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.11495 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.108225 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.09425 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2009 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Pennsylvania regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against North Sewickley Mun Water Auth in 2005. The most recent was a consent decree or court judgment in April 2005.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 13, 2005 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 1 violation: Chlorine

What the violations mean

Revised Total Coliform Rule

1 incident

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

Where the water comes from

North Sewickley Mun Water Auth buys its water from Beaver Falls Muni Auth and PA Amer Water Co Ellwood Cty. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from North Sewickley Mun Water Auth. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to North Sewickley Mun Water Auth.

Buys water from

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

North Sewickley Mun Water 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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