Community Water System · PWSID PA1090089

Northampton Bucks Co Mun Auth

Serves 36,750 peopleSurface Water PurchasedOwner: Local GovernmentRichboro, Pennsylvania
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On record since 2003: 225 violations. 2 treatment lapses · 216 missed or late tests · 7 notices or reports. Most recent began 2025-09-01.

None of them is a measurement of contaminated water.

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

0Over the limit
2Treatment lapse
216Missed or late test
7Notice or report

More violations on record than 99% 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

2003 · Notice or report: 2200520102015 · Missed or late test: 422015 · Missed or late test: 422015 · Missed or late test: 422015 · Missed or late test: 422015 · Missed or late test: 4220152016 · Missed or late test: 12017 · Treatment lapse: 12017 · Missed or late test: 442017 · Missed or late test: 442017 · Missed or late test: 442017 · Missed or late test: 442017 · Missed or late test: 442017 · Notice or report: 12018 · Missed or late test: 62019 · Missed or late test: 52020 · Treatment lapse: 12020 · Missed or late test: 132020 · Missed or late test: 132020 · Notice or report: 220202021 · Missed or late test: 12021 · Notice or report: 12022 · Missed or late test: 12023 · Missed or late test: 992023 · Missed or late test: 992023 · Missed or late test: 992023 · Missed or late test: 992023 · Missed or late test: 992023 · Missed or late test: 992023 · Missed or late test: 992023 · Missed or late test: 992023 · Missed or late test: 992023 · Missed or late test: 992023 · Missed or late test: 992024 · Missed or late test: 22024 · Notice or report: 12025 · Missed or late test: 22025
One square ≈ 9 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
<1% treatment lapse · 296% missed or late test · 2163% notice or report · 7

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 4 results on file · action level 15 ppb

2 ppb
1 ppb
1 ppb
0.5 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-09-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2025-08-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2024-10-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  4. 2024-07-22Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  5. 2024-03-01Groundwater RuleMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR)Back in compliance
  6. 2023-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  7. 2023-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  8. 2023-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  9. 2023-04-01Styrene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  10. 2023-04-01Ethylbenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  11. 2023-04-01Toluene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  12. 2023-04-01Benzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2023-04-01Chlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  14. 2023-04-01Tetrachloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2023-04-011,1,2-Trichloroethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2023-04-01Trichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2023-04-011,2-Dichloropropane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2023-04-01Carbon tetrachloride ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2023-04-011,1,1-Trichloroethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  20. 2023-04-011,2-Dichloroethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2023-04-01trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  22. 2023-04-011,1-Dichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2023-04-01p-Dichlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2023-04-01o-Dichlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2023-04-01Dichloromethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
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  1. 2023-04-01Xylenes, Total ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  2. 2023-04-01cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  3. 2023-04-011,2,4-Trichlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  4. 2023-01-01Chlordane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  5. 2023-01-01Ethylene Dibromide ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  6. 2023-01-011, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  7. 2023-01-01Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  8. 2023-01-01Pentachlorophenol ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  9. 2023-01-01Benzo(a)pyrene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  10. 2023-01-01Hexachlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  11. 2023-01-012, 4, 5-Tp ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  12. 2023-01-012, 4-D ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2023-01-01Heptachlor epoxide ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  14. 2023-01-01Heptachlor ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2023-01-01Lasso ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2023-01-01Atrazine ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2023-01-01Carbofuran ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2023-01-01Hexachlorocyclopentadiene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2023-01-01Dinoseb ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  20. 2023-01-01Picloram ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2023-01-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  22. 2023-01-01Simazine ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2023-01-01Oxamyl ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2023-01-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2023-01-01Glyphosate ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  26. 2023-01-01Diquat ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  27. 2023-01-01Dalapon ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  28. 2023-01-01Toxaphene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  29. 2023-01-01Methoxychlor ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  30. 2023-01-01Bhc-Gamma ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  31. 2023-01-01Endrin ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  32. 2022-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  33. 2021-09-01Groundwater RuleMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  34. 2021-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  35. 2020-10-01Radium-228 ×4Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  36. 2020-10-01Radium-226 ×4Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  37. 2020-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  38. 2020-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  39. 2020-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  40. 2020-08-30Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  41. 2020-07-20Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  42. 2020-07-20Revised Total Coliform RuleTTBack in compliance
  43. 2020-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  44. 2019-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  45. 2019-09-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR)Back in compliance
  46. 2019-07-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  47. 2019-06-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR)Back in compliance
  48. 2019-04-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  49. 2018-08-01Groundwater RuleMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR)Back in compliance
  50. 2018-07-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  51. 2018-07-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR)Back in compliance
  52. 2018-05-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR)Back in compliance
  53. 2018-04-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  54. 2018-04-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR)Back in compliance
  55. 2017-10-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  56. 2017-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  57. 2017-04-10Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  58. 2017-02-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  59. 2017-01-01Styrene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  60. 2017-01-01Ethylbenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  61. 2017-01-01Toluene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  62. 2017-01-01Benzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  63. 2017-01-01Chlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  64. 2017-01-01Tetrachloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  65. 2017-01-011,1,2-Trichloroethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  66. 2017-01-01Trichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  67. 2017-01-011,2-Dichloropropane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  68. 2017-01-01Carbon tetrachloride ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  69. 2017-01-011,1,1-Trichloroethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  70. 2017-01-011,2-Dichloroethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  71. 2017-01-01trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  72. 2017-01-011,1-Dichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  73. 2017-01-01p-Dichlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  74. 2017-01-01o-Dichlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  75. 2017-01-01Dichloromethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  76. 2017-01-01Xylenes, Total ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  77. 2017-01-01cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  78. 2017-01-011,2,4-Trichlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  79. 2017-01-01NitriteMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  80. 2017-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  81. 2016-06-01Groundwater RuleMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR)Back in compliance
  82. 2015-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  83. 2015-01-01Styrene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  84. 2015-01-01Ethylbenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  85. 2015-01-01Toluene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  86. 2015-01-01Benzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  87. 2015-01-01Chlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  88. 2015-01-01Tetrachloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  89. 2015-01-011,1,2-Trichloroethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  90. 2015-01-01Trichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  91. 2015-01-011,2-Dichloropropane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  92. 2015-01-01Carbon tetrachloride ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  93. 2015-01-011,1,1-Trichloroethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  94. 2015-01-011,2-Dichloroethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  95. 2015-01-01trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  96. 2015-01-011,1-Dichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  97. 2015-01-01p-Dichlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  98. 2015-01-01o-Dichlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  99. 2015-01-01Dichloromethane ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  100. 2015-01-01Xylenes, Total ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  101. 2015-01-01cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  102. 2015-01-011,2,4-Trichlorobenzene ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  103. 2003-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  104. 2003-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance

System details

Population served36,750
Service connections11,893
Water sourceSurface Water Purchased
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityRichboro
EPA ZIP on file18954

Areas served

  • Bucks County

Reading this record

Northampton Bucks Co Mun Auth is a community water system that draws from surface water purchased and serves about 36,750 people in Richboro, 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.