Public water system record
Ridgway Twp Water Auth
Serves an area of Elk County, PA · 1,763 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Ridgway Twp 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
- 4
Key facts
- Ridgway Twp Water Auth buys its water from Ridgway Borough Water System.
- Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by Pennsylvania, April 2010.
- Record on file since 1993, with 29 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 11 unknown out of 637 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Ridgway Twp Water Auth go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 29 health-based violations (29 resolved) and 33 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 10 |
| 2000s | 24 | 17 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 5 | 6 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began April 2012, Resolved.
Show all 29 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.065625 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.071125 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081375 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.066 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2010 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0645 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.07175 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081925 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Mar 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Dec 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Nov 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Feb 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 2001 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators took 6 formal enforcement actions against Ridgway Twp Water Auth between 2006 and 2010, filed as 8 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in April 2010.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2010 | Pennsylvania | Signed compliance agreement | 2 violations (2 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jan 27, 2010 | Pennsylvania | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Oct 22, 2009 | Pennsylvania | Signed compliance agreement | 2 violations (2 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Aug 20, 2009 | Pennsylvania | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Feb 15, 2008 | Pennsylvania | Signed compliance agreement | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Jan 5, 2006 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
Where the water comes from
Ridgway Twp Water Auth buys its water from Ridgway Borough Water System. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Ridgway Borough Water System Ridgway, PA
Annual water quality report
Ridgway Twp 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.
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