# OVAL ORIOLE WATER
> **Judicial** · FY1981 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `9069`
- **Case Number:** 03-1981-0012
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $500
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- OVAL ORIOLE WATER ASSOCIATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE/CAUSE OF ACTION:                             OVAL-ORIOLE WATER ASSOCIATION IS AN INCORPORATED        NONPROFIT PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM W/195 SERVICE CONNECTIONS      SERVING APPROX 800 TO 1000 PERSONS. THE SYSTEM USES SUR-     FACE WATER SOURCES. THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED TO MONITOR THE     DRINKING WATER & REPORT RESULTS TO EPA FOR TURBIDITY,        RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS, MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTAMINANTS &     ORGANIC & INORGANIC CHEMICALS AS REQUIRED BY THE SDWA.       DURING THE SEVEN MONTHS IN WHICH SAMPLING FOR MICROBIO-      LOGICAL CONTAMINANTS WAS DONE, THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT       LEVEL WAS EXCEEDED FOR FOUR MONTHS & THE REQUIRED CHECK      SAMPLES WERE NOT TAKEN. ADDITIONALLY, THE SYSTEM HAS         FAILED TO PROVIDE ITS CUSTOMERS W/NOTICE OF THE ABOVE        VIOL'S AS REQUIRED BY SEC 1414(C)(1)(B) OF THE SDWA.              AN ON-SITE SANITARY SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY EPA ON      5/16/79. TO DATE, AT LEAST 30 CONTACTS BY EPA W/OVAL-        ORIOLE, BY LTR, TELEPHONE & IN PERSON, HAVE FAILED TO RE-    SOLVE THE PROBLEM.                                                THE COMMONWEALTH OF PA DOES NOT HAVE PRIMARY ENFORC-    EMENT RESPONSIBIITY UNDER THE SDWA.

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