Is DILLSBURG AREA AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?
DILLSBURG AREA AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 8,962, over 2,357 connections.
How this compares nationally
DILLSBURG AREA AUTHORITY has 88 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,274th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 44th percentile nationally.
Against the PA average
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - DILLSBURG AREA AUTHORITY's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
DILLSBURG AREA AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2018-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
DILLSBURG AREA 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: Groundwater 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 DILLSBURG AREA AUTHORITY's record does not cover
This is what DILLSBURG AREA AUTHORITY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for DILLSBURG AREA 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.