Is COLLEGE TWP WATER AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?
COLLEGE TWP WATER AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 6,000 people through 2,883 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, COLLEGE TWP WATER AUTHORITY ranks 5,687th by violation burden (56th percentile) - 212 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How COLLEGE TWP WATER AUTHORITY compares within PA
PA's 475 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; COLLEGE TWP WATER AUTHORITY carries 2, not 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 COLLEGE TWP WATER AUTHORITY is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 1993-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
COLLEGE TWP WATER AUTHORITY'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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 COLLEGE TWP WATER AUTHORITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for COLLEGE TWP WATER AUTHORITY - 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.