Non-Transient Non-Community · PWSID PA2451209

Lakewood Retreat

Serves 36 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateBethlehem, Pennsylvania

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On record since 2008: 11 violations. 2 over the limit · 2 treatment lapses · 5 missed or late tests · 2 notices or reports. Most recent began 2021-01-01.

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

2Over the limit

2Treatment lapse

5Missed or late test

2Notice or report

More violations on record than 55% 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

One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.

18% over the limit · 218% treatment lapse · 245% missed or late test · 518% notice or report · 2

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

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 2 results on file · action level 15 ppb

57.9 ppb

18.3 ppb

Copper, 90th percentile 3 results on file · action level 1.3 mg/L

2.2 mg/L

1.8 mg/L

1.5 mg/L

Every violation on record

2021-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
2020-07-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2020-07-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMCL, Averagemeasured 0.007000 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
2020-04-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring, Check/Repeat/ConfirmationBack in compliance
2020-04-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.0260 MG/LBack in compliance
2020-01-01AsbestosMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
2011-08-10Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
2011-07-01Lead and Copper Rule ×2OCCT/SOWT Study/RecommendationBack in compliance
2008-07-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance

System details

Population served	36
Service connections	1
Water source	Groundwater
System type	Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner	Private
Status	Active
City	Bethlehem
EPA ZIP on file	18017

Areas served

Monroe County

Reading this record

Lakewood Retreat is a non-transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 36 people in Bethlehem, 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.