Public water system record
Greencastle Area Water Auth
Serves an area of Franklin County, PA that includes Greencastle · 5,500 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Greencastle Area 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
- Greencastle Area Water Auth draws water from 3 wells and 3 surface water intakes (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, March 1993.
- Record on file since 1976, with 25 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 10 lead and 1,171 unknown out of 2,483 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1976
EPA's records for Greencastle Area Water Auth go back to 1976. Before October 19, 2016 they list 25 health-based violations (20 resolved, 5 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 77 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 1 |
| 1980s | 20 | 7 |
| 1990s | 3 | 44 |
| 2000s | 0 | 17 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 2 | 8 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: CARBON, TOTAL, began July 2012, Resolved.
Show all 25 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 1, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 19, 1989 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 21, 1988 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 18, 1988 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 18, 1988 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 26, 1988 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 12, 1988 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 12, 1988 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 12, 1988 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 12, 1988 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 22, 1988 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 22, 1988 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 29, 1987 | Resolved |
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Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 13, 1987 | Resolved |
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Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 8, 1987 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 28, 1987 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 24, 1987 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1985 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1985 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1985 | Archived |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1985 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
EPA took 2 formal enforcement actions against Greencastle Area Water Auth between 1992 and 1993. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 1993.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 1993 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 21 violations (20 health-based): Nitrate |
| Dec 18, 1992 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 15 violations (15 health-based): Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Greencastle Area Water Auth draws water from 3 wells and 3 surface water intakes (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Greencastle Area 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