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New Bethlehem tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in New Bethlehem. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, New Bethlehem is served by 1 active community water system, together reported to serve about 3,150 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 67 violations across the community water system(s) serving New Bethlehem, going back to the earliest EPA record. 16 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Redbank Valley Mun Auth
3,150 served · surface water · PWSID PA6160010 - Health-based CARBON, TOTAL: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 15 times between October 2014 and January 2020. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based TTHM: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in July 2015. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 7 times between October 2003 and July 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 21 times between February 2015 and June 2023. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 2,3,7,8-TCDD: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2023. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between November 2021 and May 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in November 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Chlorine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between October 2021 and November 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in March 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring CARBON, TOTAL: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between October 2015 and January 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.