Public water system record
Austin Borough Water
Serves Austin, Potter County, PA · 700 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 62 monitoring/reporting issues for Austin Borough Water in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 62
Key facts
- Austin Borough Water draws water from 4 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, May 2008.
- Record on file since 1976, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 41 unknown out of 261 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 |
|---|---|---|
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Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2026 | Resolved |
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Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2026 | Resolved |
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Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jan 11, 2026 | Resolved |
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Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 1, 2025 | Resolved |
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Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 1, 2025 | Resolved |
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CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2025 | Resolved |
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Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2025 | Active |
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CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 |
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
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Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
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Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
May 1, 2025 | Resolved |
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Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
May 1, 2025 | Resolved |
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CARBON, TOTAL
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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Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
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Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
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Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
May 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2016 | Resolved |
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Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2014 | Resolved |
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Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Public Notice
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OTHER
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jul 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Feb 11, 2012 | Active |
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Public Notice
OTHER
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Jan 11, 2012 | Active |
Full record since 1976
EPA's records for Austin Borough Water go back to 1976. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 165 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1980s | 0 | 14 |
| 1990s | 3 | 32 |
| 2000s | 0 | 32 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 86 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0 | 18 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began November 1998, Resolved.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1998 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1994 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators and EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Austin Borough Water and issued 1 boil water order between 1987 and 2008. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in May 2008.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2008 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule |
| Aug 3, 1987 | Pennsylvania | Boil water order | 1 violation |
Where the water comes from
Austin Borough Water draws water from 4 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Austin Borough Water 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