Community Water System · PWSID PA6250090

Summit Township Water Authorit

Serves 12,500 peopleSurface Water PurchasedOwner: Local GovernmentErie, Pennsylvania
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On record since 2004: 101 violations. 3 over the limit · 93 missed or late tests · 5 notices or reports. Most recent began 2025-04-01.

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

3Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
93Missed or late test
5Notice or report

More violations on record than 95% 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

2004 · Notice or report: 120052008 · Notice or report: 2201020152016 · Missed or late test: 82016 · Missed or late test: 82017 · Missed or late test: 42018 · Over the limit: 12018 · Missed or late test: 572018 · Missed or late test: 572018 · Missed or late test: 572018 · Missed or late test: 572018 · Missed or late test: 572018 · Missed or late test: 572018 · Missed or late test: 572018 · Missed or late test: 572018 · Missed or late test: 572018 · Missed or late test: 572018 · Missed or late test: 572018 · Missed or late test: 572019 · Over the limit: 22019 · Notice or report: 220202021 · Missed or late test: 22024 · Missed or late test: 12025 · Missed or late test: 212025 · Missed or late test: 212025 · Missed or late test: 212025 · Missed or late test: 212025 · Missed or late test: 212025
One square ≈ 5 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
3% over the limit · 392% missed or late test · 935% notice or report · 5

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 5 results on file · action level 15 ppb

0.9 ppb
0.89 ppb
0.84 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-04-012, 3, 7, 8-TcddMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  2. 2025-01-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2025-01-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2025-01-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2025-01-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2025-01-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2025-01-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2025-01-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2025-01-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2025-01-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2025-01-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2025-01-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2025-01-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2025-01-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2025-01-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2025-01-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2025-01-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2025-01-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2025-01-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2025-01-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2025-01-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2024-07-01Radium-228Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2021-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  24. 2021-06-01Groundwater RuleMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR)Back in compliance
  25. 2019-08-10Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
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  1. 2019-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0850 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2019-02-10Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  3. 2019-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, AverageBack in compliance
  4. 2018-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, AverageBack in compliance
  5. 2018-07-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  6. 2018-07-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  7. 2018-07-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  8. 2018-07-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  9. 2018-07-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  10. 2018-07-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  11. 2018-07-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  12. 2018-07-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2018-07-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  14. 2018-07-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2018-07-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2018-07-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2018-07-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2018-07-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2018-07-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  20. 2018-07-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2018-07-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  22. 2018-07-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2018-07-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2018-07-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2018-07-01ChlordaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  26. 2018-07-01Ethylene DibromideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  27. 2018-07-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  28. 2018-07-01Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  29. 2018-07-01PentachlorophenolMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  30. 2018-07-01Benzo(a)pyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  31. 2018-07-01HexachlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  32. 2018-07-012, 4, 5-TpMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  33. 2018-07-012, 4-DMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  34. 2018-07-01Heptachlor epoxideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  35. 2018-07-01HeptachlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  36. 2018-07-012, 3, 7, 8-TcddMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  37. 2018-07-01LassoMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  38. 2018-07-01AtrazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  39. 2018-07-01CarbofuranMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  40. 2018-07-01HexachlorocyclopentadieneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  41. 2018-07-01DinosebMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  42. 2018-07-01PicloramMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  43. 2018-07-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  44. 2018-07-01SimazineMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  45. 2018-07-01OxamylMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  46. 2018-07-01Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  47. 2018-07-01GlyphosateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  48. 2018-07-01EndothallMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  49. 2018-07-01DiquatMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  50. 2018-07-01DalaponMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  51. 2018-07-01ToxapheneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  52. 2018-07-01MethoxychlorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  53. 2018-07-01Bhc-GammaMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  54. 2018-07-01EndrinMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  55. 2018-07-01Radium-228Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  56. 2018-07-01Radium-226Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  57. 2018-07-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  58. 2018-07-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  59. 2018-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  60. 2018-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  61. 2018-07-01Groundwater RuleMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR)Back in compliance
  62. 2017-12-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR)Back in compliance
  63. 2017-12-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  64. 2017-10-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  65. 2017-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  66. 2016-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  67. 2016-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  68. 2016-05-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR)Back in compliance
  69. 2016-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  70. 2016-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  71. 2016-04-01Chlorine ×2Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  72. 2016-04-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Unfilt/GWR)Back in compliance
  73. 2008-10-11Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  74. 2004-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance

System details

Population served12,500
Service connections1,774
Water sourceSurface Water Purchased
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityErie
EPA ZIP on file16509

Areas served

  • Erie County

Reading this record

Summit Township Water Authorit is a community water system that draws from surface water purchased and serves about 12,500 people in Erie, 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.