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Beaver Falls Muni Auth

At a glance

Beaver Falls Muni Auth (PWSID PA5040012) is an active community water system in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It reports serving 49,500 people through 18,704 service connections. Its primary water source is surface water, and EPA lists it as owned by a local government. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2024.

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

Population served

49,500

Service connections

18,704

Primary source

Surface water

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDPA5040012

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served49,500

Service connections18,704

Primary water sourceSurface water

Owner typeLocal government

Primacy agencyPA state drinking water program

City served—

StatePennsylvania

ZIP—

CountyBeaver County

How does Beaver Falls Muni Auth compare with other water systems in Beaver County?

By EPA's size categories, Beaver Falls Muni Auth is a large system (10,001 to 100,000 people). Beaver County has 83 active public water systems, and Beaver Falls Muni Auth is the largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 23 times the county average of 2,152 people per system, and accounts for 28% of the 178,581 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 Beaver Falls Muni Auth is about 7.4 times 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. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs. 246 Pennsylvania systems (3.4%) list surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Beaver Falls Muni Auth?

EPA lists Beaver Falls Muni Auth as owned by a local government. 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. 25 of the 83 active systems in Beaver County (30%) are also owned by a local government.

Does Beaver Falls Muni Auth have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2024. The violations listed here began between October 2015 and December 2024. By type: 11 monitoring and reporting and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Carbon, total (4 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
2024-12-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Carbon, totalcode 2920	No	Resolved
2024-02-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Carbon, totalcode 2920	No	Resolved
2023-02-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR) · code 38	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	No	Resolved
2021-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Carbon, totalcode 2920	No	Resolved
2020-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2018-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR) · code 38	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	No	Resolved
2017-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Carbon, totalcode 2920	No	Resolved
2017-02-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Resolved
2015-11-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Resolved
2015-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2015-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalatecode 2039	No	Resolved
2015-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Atrazinecode 2050	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.

Beaver Falls Muni Auth: frequently asked questions

Who runs Beaver Falls Muni Auth?

Beaver Falls Muni Auth (PWSID PA5040012) is a community water system owned by a local government. It is regulated by the PA state drinking water program.

How many people does Beaver Falls Muni Auth serve?

Beaver Falls Muni Auth reports serving 49,500 people through 18,704 service connections in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Where does Beaver Falls Muni Auth get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as surface water. Surface water means the system draws its water from rivers, lakes, streams or reservoirs.

Does Beaver Falls Muni Auth have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2024. 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 Beaver Falls Muni Auth'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, none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2024. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the PA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Beaver Falls Muni Auth's water quality report?

As a community water system, Beaver Falls Muni Auth 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 Beaver County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Ambridge Water Auth	Beaver	19,500	Community	Surface water
Center Twp Water Auth	Beaver	19,000	Community	Surface water
Mun Water Auth of Aliquippa	Beaver	15,685	Community	Groundwater
Creswell Heights Jt Auth	Beaver	15,000	Community	Groundwater
Brighton Twp Muni Auth	Beaver	7,920	Community	Purchased groundwater
Monaca Boro Water Dept	Beaver	6,500	Community	Groundwater

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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, “Beaver Falls Muni Auth, PWSID PA5040012, Pennsylvania”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/pennsylvania/beaver-falls-muni-auth-pa5040012 (data as of October 1, 2026).