Public water system record
PA Amer Water Co
Serves Hershey, Campbelltown, Skyline View and 4 more places, Dauphin County and Lebanon County, PA · 50,200 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for PA Amer Water Co 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
- 1
Key facts
- PA Amer Water Co draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, April 2010.
- Record on file since 1976, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 1 lead and 21,261 unknown out of 21,596 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
|
Sep 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 1976
EPA's records for PA Amer Water Co go back to 1976. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began September 1994, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1994 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against PA Amer Water Co in 2010. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2010.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2010 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule |
Where the water comes from
PA Amer Water Co draws water from 2 surface water intakes. It also buys water from Lebanon Water Auth. 3 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from PA Amer Water Co.
Buys water from
- Lebanon Water Auth Lebanon, PA
Annual water quality report
PA Amer Water Co 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.
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