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Beaver Falls Muni Auth

Serves an area of Beaver County, PA that includes Big Beaver, Beaver Falls, New Brighton and 9 more places · 49,500 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 8 monitoring/reporting issues for Beaver Falls Muni Auth in the last ten years.

  • PA5040012
  • BEAVER FALLS
  • PA
  • 49,500 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 15010
EPA system ID PA5040012

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
8

Key facts

  • Beaver Falls Muni Auth draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, December 2005.
  • Record on file since 1989, with 16 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 22 lead and 595 unknown out of 17,094 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 1, 2024 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Feb 1, 2024 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Feb 1, 2023 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2018 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Feb 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1989

EPA's records for Beaver Falls Muni Auth go back to 1989. Before October 19, 2016 they list 16 health-based violations (16 resolved) and 234 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 8
1990s 3 34
2000s 7 56
2010 to October 18, 2016 6 136
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 0 5

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: CARBON, TOTAL, began January 2013, Resolved.

Show all 16 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2013 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2012 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085684 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.098753 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087016 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2010 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2004 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2003 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2003 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 2003 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 2003 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2003 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2002 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 1999 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 1998 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 1993 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Pennsylvania regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Beaver Falls Muni Auth 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 (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

Beaver Falls Muni Auth draws water from 1 surface water intake. 4 other community water systems and 3 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Beaver Falls Muni Auth.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Beaver Falls Muni 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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