Is CATASAUQUA MUN WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
CATASAUQUA MUN WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 6,598, over 2,313 connections.
CATASAUQUA MUN WATER WORKS's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CATASAUQUA MUN WATER WORKS ranks 5,903th by violation burden (54th percentile) - 53 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How CATASAUQUA MUN WATER WORKS compares within PA
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - CATASAUQUA MUN WATER WORKS's 2 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CATASAUQUA MUN WATER WORKS is from 2025-01-12 (health-based: 1993-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CATASAUQUA MUN WATER WORKS'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)
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
CATASAUQUA MUN WATER WORKS's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for CATASAUQUA MUN WATER WORKS - 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.