Public water system record
New Oxford Munci Auth
Serves an area of Adams County, PA that includes New Oxford · 3,963 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for New Oxford Munci 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
- New Oxford Munci Auth draws water from 1 well and 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, May 2008.
- Record on file since 1976, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 245 unknown out of 1,730 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Groundwater Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Jun 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1976
EPA's records for New Oxford Munci Auth go back to 1976. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (8 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 241 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 2 | 171 |
| 2000s | 4 | 50 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 3 | 18 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: CARBON, TOTAL, began January 2015, Resolved.
Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Feb 1, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 2001 | Resolved |
|
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1991 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators and EPA took 3 formal enforcement actions against New Oxford Munci Auth between 2004 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 |
| Feb 17, 2005 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 2 violations (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Oct 21, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 2 violations: Surface Water Treatment Rule, Chlorine |
Where the water comes from
New Oxford Munci Auth draws water from 1 well and 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to York Water Co. 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buys water from New Oxford Munci Auth.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- York Water Co York, PA
Annual water quality report
New Oxford Munci 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