The Water Department is owned and operated by the Borough of North East under the North East Borough Water Authority and is responsible for the treatment of the Borough's water system serving approximately 4300 Borough residents and about 4000 North East Township residents. Our primary mission is to purify up to seven and a half million gallons of fresh water a day from Lake Erie and our alternate surface water reservoirs. Approximately 92% of our drinking water is drawn from Lake Erie through an approximately five mile long pipeline. We are a fully staffed and certified public water facility with four of the six employees being licensed and certified by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Water Department is regulated by numerous entities which include both the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Agency. We voluntarily joined the Partnership for Safe Water which is a national organization that holds our Water Department to a higher than normal standard. The Partnership is an unprecedented alliance of prestigious drinking water organizations whose mission it is to improve the quality of water delivered to customers by optimizing water system operations and providing tools to improve performance above and beyond even proposed regulatory levels. We strive daily for excellence in the treatment of our town’s water supply to provide the highest quality water in the country while doing so in the most economical way.
Some of our duties and responsibilities include:
If we have a water quality emergency, we will notify residents via our Emergency Notification System. However, in order for us to be able to contact you, we need to have your contact information. To make sure that your contact information is in our system, please click on the Swiftreach link located on this page to enter your information. You can also contact the North East Borough Office at 814-725-8611.
If you are experiencing water quality problems, you can contact the North East Borough Office, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 pm or you can contact the Water Department Superintendent, Randy Culver, at 814-725-4198. After hours emergencies should be reported to (814) 898-3333 and clearly state your name, address and location of the water emergency.
The following web links will provide information regarding water conservation and watershed protection. If you would like to receive additional information, please contact the North East Borough Water Department.
http://pacd.org/education/water-conservation/
http://pawatersheds.org/learning-center/water-conservation/
http://www.elibrary.dep.state.pa.us/dsweb/Get/Document-95148/3940-FS-DEP2631.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/watersense/
For billing questions, contact the Borough Hall at (814) 725-8611, Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
2017 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
2016 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
2015 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
2014 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
2013 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
2012 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
2011 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
2010 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
2011 Water Rate Comparison 2012 Water Rate Comparison
SWIFT 911 NOTIFICATION SYSTEM