What's in DESALES UNIVERSITY's water?
DESALES UNIVERSITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,000 people get their water from it, across 59 connections.
How this compares nationally
31 total violations and 2 health-based ones put DESALES UNIVERSITY at the 53th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,068 of 12,903.
Against the PA average
PA's 475 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; DESALES UNIVERSITY 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
DESALES UNIVERSITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 1999-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
DESALES UNIVERSITY'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 DESALES UNIVERSITY's record does not cover
DESALES UNIVERSITY'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. Between the utility's meter and DESALES UNIVERSITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,068th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.