Public water system record
Torrance State Hospital
Serves an area of Westmoreland County, PA · 997 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 10 monitoring/reporting issues for Torrance State Hospital 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
- 10
Key facts
- Torrance State Hospital draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, December 2005.
- Record on file since 1982, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
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Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 1, 2024 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Combined Uranium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
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Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2024 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
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Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Radium-228
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
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Radium-226
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
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Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1982
EPA's records for Torrance State Hospital go back to 1982. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (6 resolved) and 265 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 9 |
| 1990s | 6 | 121 |
| 2000s | 0 | 110 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 25 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 8 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began July 1995, Resolved.
Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 1, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 1991 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators took 17 formal enforcement actions against Torrance State Hospital between 2004 and 2005. The most recent was a consent decree or court judgment in December 2005.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Nov 10, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 2 violations: Chlorine, Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Nov 8, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Aug 16, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 3 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Aug 10, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 2 violations: Chlorine, Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jul 27, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jul 26, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 4 violations: Surface Water Treatment Rule, Chlorine |
| Mar 28, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Feb 8, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 20 violations: 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Xylenes, Total, p-Dichlorobenzene, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene |
| Feb 1, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jan 25, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 2 violations: Surface Water Treatment Rule, Chlorine |
| Nov 8, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 20 violations: trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, DICHLOROMETHANE, o-Dichlorobenzene, p-Dichlorobenzene |
| Sep 16, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 2 violations: Surface Water Treatment Rule, Chlorine |
| Aug 16, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 21 violations: Toluene, Ethylbenzene, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Xylenes, Total |
| Aug 6, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Jul 13, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Jun 25, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 20 violations: 1,1-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, 1,2-Dichloropropane, Trichloroethylene |
Where the water comes from
Torrance State Hospital draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to Highridge Water Auth.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Highridge Water Auth Blairsville, PA
Annual water quality report
Torrance State Hospital 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.
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