Public water system record
Meadville Area Water Authority
Serves Meadville and Kerrtown, Crawford County, PA · 17,339 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Meadville Area Water Authority 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
- 5
Key facts
- Meadville Area Water Authority draws water from 7 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, December 2007.
- Record on file since 1988, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 1 lead and 198 unknown out of 5,041 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1988
EPA's records for Meadville Area Water Authority go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 35 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 14 |
| 1990s | 1 | 16 |
| 2000s | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 3 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began November 2008, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators and EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Meadville Area Water Authority and issued 1 boil water order between 1993 and 2007. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2007.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2007 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule |
| Apr 23, 1993 | Pennsylvania | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Meadville Area Water Authority draws water from 7 wells. 1 other community water system buys water from Meadville Area Water Authority.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Vernon Twp Water Authority Meadville, PA
Annual water quality report
Meadville Area Water Authority 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