Transient Non-Community · PWSID PA3540943

St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran

Serves 35 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Public/PrivateAuburn, PennsylvaniaServes a school or daycare
1 open treatment violation.

Open for: Revised Total Coliform 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 2021: 9 violations. 3 treatment lapses · 1 missed or late test · 5 notices or reports. Most recent began 2025-07-22.

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
3Treatment lapse1 open
1Missed or late test
5Notice or report1 open

More violations on record than 49% 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

20052010201520202021 · Treatment lapse: 12021 · Notice or report: 12023 · Missed or late test: 12024 · Treatment lapse: 12024 · Notice or report: 22024 · Notice or report: 22025 · Treatment lapse: 12025 · Notice or report: 22025 · Notice or report: 22025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
33% treatment lapse · 311% missed or late test · 156% notice or report · 5

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 (2)

  1. 2025-07-22Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  2. 2025-06-23Revised Total Coliform RuleTTOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-07-22Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  2. 2025-06-23Revised Total Coliform RuleTTOpen
  3. 2025-06-23Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  4. 2024-02-29Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  5. 2024-01-21Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  6. 2024-01-21Revised Total Coliform RuleTTBack in compliance
  7. 2023-12-24E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  8. 2021-09-21Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  9. 2021-09-21Revised Total Coliform RuleTTBack in compliance

System details

Population served35
Service connections2
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeTransient Non-Community
OwnerPublic/Private
StatusActive
CityAuburn
EPA ZIP on file17922

Areas served

  • Schuylkill County

Reading this record

St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran is a transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 35 people in Auburn, 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.