=> THE PEQUEA WATER CO-OP ASSOC. INC. A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, SUPPLIES WATER FROM AN ENCLOSED SPRING TO THE 67 HOMES IN THE VILLAGE OF PEQUEA, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF AN OLD 3 INCH CAST IRON GRAVITY FED MAIN AND LATERALS. THERE IS NO DISINFECTION EQUIPMENT IN PLACE. => PEQUEA HAS CONSISTENTLY VIOLATED THE MCL FOR COLI- FORM BACTERIA. THERE ARE ALSO 2 VIOLATIONS OF THE NITRATE MCL. PEQUEA HAS ALSO VIOLATED THE MONITORING & REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. => THE THREAT TO HEALTH IS POSED BY THE CONSISTENT COLIFORM BACTERIA VIOLATIONS. COLIFORM BACTERIA ARE INDICAT- ORS OF POSSIBLE FECAL COLIFORM CONTAMINATION. FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR NUMEROUS WATER BOURNE DISEASES, SOME OF WHICH CAN BE FATAL. HIGH NITRATES ARE ALSO A DANGER TO NEW-BORN BABIES.