Public water system record
Capital Region Water
Serves Harrisburg, Progress and Penbrook, Dauphin County, PA · 66,540 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for Capital Region Water 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
- 9
Key facts
- Capital Region Water draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
- Most recent formal enforcement: consent decree or court judgment by Pennsylvania, September 2004.
- Record on file since 1989, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 15 lead and 0 unknown out of 21,176 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
2,3,7,8-TCDD
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 1989
EPA's records for Capital Region Water go back to 1989. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (3 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 42 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 7 |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1 | 32 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 7 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began January 2012, Resolved.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.060544 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2000 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1991 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Pennsylvania regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Capital Region Water in 2004. The most recent was a consent decree or court judgment in September 2004.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Aug 17, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 3 violations: Total Coliform, Chlorine, Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jan 12, 2004 | Pennsylvania | Consent decree or court judgment | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
Where the water comes from
Capital Region Water draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
Annual water quality report
Capital Region 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.
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