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Shippingport Boro Water Sys

Serves Shippingport, Beaver County, PA · 222 people served

Federal records show 9 health-based violations and 8 monitoring/reporting issues for Shippingport Boro Water Sys in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • PA5040086
  • SHIPPINGPORT
  • PA
  • 222 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 15077
EPA system ID PA5040086

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
9
Resolved
9
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
8

Key facts

  • Shippingport Boro Water Sys buys its water from Midland Boro Muni Auth.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 0.071 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit), 2019.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, May 2005.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 14 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 74 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
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2024 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2023 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.093 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.067 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.071 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2019 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 220 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 220 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 220 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 10, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Feb 10, 2019 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Aug 1, 2017 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Shippingport Boro Water Sys go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 14 health-based violations (14 resolved) and 97 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 38
2000s 3 49
2010 to October 18, 2016 10 10
October 19, 2016 to 2019 5 8
2020s 4 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began June 2013, Resolved.

Show all 14 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0816 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.088375 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08865 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.088808 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0888 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.1296 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.6 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.12285 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.123075 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.108325 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084025 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.080875 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087975 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2006 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 1996 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Pennsylvania regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Shippingport Boro Water Sys between 2004 and 2005. The most recent was a consent decree or court judgment in May 2005.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 20, 2005 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 2 violations: Chlorine, Surface Water Treatment Rule
Feb 28, 2005 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Dec 15, 2004 Pennsylvania Consent decree or court judgment 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

5 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

4 incidents

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Shippingport Boro Water Sys buys its water from Midland Boro Muni Auth. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

Buys water from

Annual water quality report

Shippingport Boro Water Sys 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 Shippingport Boro Water Sys 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.

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