# MIDLAND WATER ASSN
> **Judicial** · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53968`
- **Case Number:** 10-1982-0013
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $3K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ABRAHAMSON, R. (complaint) (settlement)
- MIDLAND WATER ASSOCIATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CIVIL ACTION NO: 83-32                                           MIDLAND HAS 70 SERVICE CONNECTIONS SERVING APPROX 150   PEOPLE. FED JURISDICTION ATTACHES IN NON-PRIMARY STATES SUCH AS OREGON TO WATER SUPPLIERS W/EITHER 15 SERVICE CONNECTIONS OR 25 REGULAR CONSUMERS. 42 USC SEC 300F(4).                      MIDLAND HAS PERSISTENTLY VIOLATED SDWA REGULATIONS PUB- LISHED AT 40 CFR PART 141 BY NOT SAMPLING ITS WATER, NOT RE- PORTING SAMPLING RESULTS TO EPA, & NOT NOTIFYING BOTH EPA &  ITS CONSUMERS OF THESE VIOL'S. FURTHERMORE, THE AGENCY HAS   RECEIVED A CITIZEN COMPLAINT REGARDING THE QUALITY OF THE    MIDLAND WATER. IN 6/82 THE REGN DOCUMENTED A SERIOUS VIOL OF THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL(MCL) FOR COLIFORM BACTERIA OF  AS MUCH AS 40 TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT. COLIFORM BACTERIA MEAS- UREMENTS ARE USED AS INDICATORS OF THE PRESENCE OF PATHOGENS IN DRINKING WATER. THE MIDLAND SAMPLING RESULTS DENOTE A     SERIOUS PROBLEM W/THIS DRINKING WATER SUPPLY.                A SECOND EPA ANALYSIS OF MIDLAND'S WATER WAS MADE IN LATE    9/82, & SHOWED NOT ONLY CONTINUING CONTAMINATION FROM COLI-  FORM BACTERIA, BUT ALSO THE PRESENCE OF FECAL COLIFORM &     STAPHYLOCOCCUS BACTERIA.                                       PROPOSED REMEDY:                                                THE AGENCY SHOULD REQUEST THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION  AGAINST MIDLAND SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF COMPELLING IT TO   SAMPLE & REPORT, & SEEKING APPROPRIATE CIVIL PLTY'S. THE     SUIT SHOULD ALSO REQUEST THE CONSTRUC

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