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Aqua Pa Chalfont

At a glance

Aqua Pa Chalfont (PWSID PA1090005) is an active community water system in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It reports serving 5,900 people through 2,491 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in October 2023.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

5,900

Service connections

2,491

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDPA1090005

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served5,900

Service connections2,491

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyPA state drinking water program

City served—

StatePennsylvania

ZIP—

CountyBucks County

How does Aqua Pa Chalfont compare with other water systems in Bucks County?

By EPA's size categories, Aqua Pa Chalfont is a medium system (3,301 to 10,000 people). Bucks County has 298 active public water systems. Its population served is about 196% above the county average of 1,996 people per system, and accounts for 1% of the 594,687 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Pennsylvania, the 7,217 active systems average 1,741 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Aqua Pa Chalfont is about 12% below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Pennsylvania has 1,762 active community water systems, 24% of the state's 7,217 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 6,632 Pennsylvania systems (92%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Aqua Pa Chalfont?

EPA lists Aqua Pa Chalfont as privately owned. The PA state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 186 of the 298 active systems in Bucks County (62%) are also privately owned.

Does Aqua Pa Chalfont have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in October 2023. The violations listed here began between July 2000 and October 2023. By type: 5 monitoring and reporting, 4 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 3 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (3 of them). EPA lists 12 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2023-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Radium-226code 4020	No	Resolved
2023-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Radium-228code 4030	No	Resolved
2019-04-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2019-04-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	Yes	Resolved
2018-04-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2018-04-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	Yes	Resolved
2015-09-01	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR) · code 41	Groundwater Rulecode 0700	Yes	Resolved
2015-09-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2005-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Radium-228code 4030	No	Resolved
2005-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000	No	Resolved
2005-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Radium-226code 4020	No	Resolved
2000-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Aqua Pa Chalfont: frequently asked questions

Who runs Aqua Pa Chalfont?

Aqua Pa Chalfont (PWSID PA1090005) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the PA state drinking water program.

How many people does Aqua Pa Chalfont serve?

Aqua Pa Chalfont reports serving 5,900 people through 2,491 service connections in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Where does Aqua Pa Chalfont get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Aqua Pa Chalfont have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in October 2023. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Aqua Pa Chalfont's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in October 2023. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the PA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Aqua Pa Chalfont's water quality report?

As a community water system, Aqua Pa Chalfont must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Bucks County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Lower Bucks Co Joint Mun Auth	Bucks	63,007	Community	Surface water
Aqua Pa Bensalem	Bucks	59,001	Community	Purchased surface water
Bcwsa Main Lower South	Bucks	52,621	Community	Purchased surface water
Newtown Artesian Water Co	Bucks	38,500	Community	Purchased surface water
Northampton Bucks Co Mun Auth	Bucks	36,750	Community	Purchased surface water
Warminster Municipal Authority	Bucks	36,000	Community	Purchased surface water

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Aqua Pa Chalfont, PWSID PA1090005, Pennsylvania”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/pennsylvania/aqua-pa-chalfont-pa1090005 (data as of October 1, 2026).