Public water system record
Southwestern PA Water Auth
Serves an area of Greene County and Fayette County, PA that includes Wind Ridge, Morrisville, Dry Tavern and 17 more places · 40,200 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 15 monitoring/reporting issues for Southwestern PA Water Auth in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 15
Key facts
- Southwestern PA Water Auth draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, November 2004.
- Record on file since 1998, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 12 lead and 8,196 unknown out of 17,818 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.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jan 11, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Feb 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Asbestos
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Nov 10, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Nov 10, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1998
EPA's records for Southwestern PA Water Auth go back to 1998. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 21 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 12 |
| 2000s | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 10 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2016, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Southwestern PA Water Auth between 2003 and 2004. The most recent was a consent decree or court judgment in November 2004.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Dec 16, 2003 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
Where the water comes from
Southwestern PA Water Auth draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to Clay Battelle PSD. 3 other community water systems and 6 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Southwestern PA Water Auth.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Clay Battelle PSD Maidsville, WV
Community systems that buy water from it
- Marianna Muni Water Works Marianna, PA
- Masontown Muni Water Works Masontown, PA
- Mt Morris Water & Sewage Auth Mount Morris, PA
Annual water quality report
Southwestern PA 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.
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