Transient Non-Community · PWSID PA2400920

Kval Food 2

Serves 115 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Public/PrivateWapwallopen, Pennsylvania
4 open treatment violations.

Open for: Revised Total Coliform Rule, Groundwater Rule. EPA counts treatment-technique violations as health-based: a required protective step was not done. It is not a measurement of contamination.

On record since 2012: 15 violations. 1 over the limit · 5 treatment lapses · 3 missed or late tests · 6 notices or reports. Most recent began 2023-07-12.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

1Over the limit
5Treatment lapse4 open
3Missed or late test
6Notice or report4 open

More violations on record than 64% of active water systems in Pennsylvania. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

200520102012 · Notice or report: 22012 · Notice or report: 220152017 · Missed or late test: 32017 · Missed or late test: 32017 · Missed or late test: 320202022 · Over the limit: 12022 · Treatment lapse: 12022 · Notice or report: 22022 · Notice or report: 22023 · Treatment lapse: 42023 · Treatment lapse: 42023 · Treatment lapse: 42023 · Treatment lapse: 42023 · Notice or report: 22023 · Notice or report: 22025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
7% over the limit · 133% treatment lapse · 520% missed or late test · 340% notice or report · 6

Across Pennsylvania, 71% of violations are missed or late tests and 2% are water over a limit.

What you can do

  • Total Coliform Bacteria: If your water system has coliform violations, consider boiling water or using bottled water until the system confirms the issue is resolved. Contact your water provider for their latest test results and any boil-water advisories.

Open now (8)

  1. 2023-07-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  2. 2023-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTOpen
  3. 2023-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleTTOpen
  4. 2023-03-09Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  5. 2023-01-24Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  6. 2023-01-15Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  7. 2012-07-11Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2023-07-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  2. 2023-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTOpen
  3. 2023-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleTTOpen
  4. 2023-03-09Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  5. 2023-01-24Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  6. 2023-01-15Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  7. 2022-11-21Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  8. 2022-10-11Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  9. 2022-10-11Revised Total Coliform RuleTTBack in compliance
  10. 2022-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMCLPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2017-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  12. 2017-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  13. 2017-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  14. 2012-07-11Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen

System details

Population served115
Service connections1
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeTransient Non-Community
OwnerPublic/Private
StatusActive
CityWapwallopen
EPA ZIP on file18660

Areas served

  • Luzerne County

Reading this record

Kval Food 2 is a transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 115 people in Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.