What's in ALTOONA WATER SUPPLY's water?
ALTOONA WATER SUPPLY had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 19,565 people through 6,692 service connections.
ALTOONA WATER SUPPLY's record against the rest of the country
20 total violations and 5 health-based ones put ALTOONA WATER SUPPLY at the 72th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,591 of 12,903.
How ALTOONA WATER SUPPLY compares within IA
IA's 203 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; ALTOONA WATER SUPPLY carries 5, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ALTOONA WATER SUPPLY is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2024-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ALTOONA WATER SUPPLY's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228); Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is ALTOONA WATER SUPPLY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for ALTOONA WATER SUPPLY - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.