DrinkingWaterCheck

Is DOVER TWP WATER SYS's water safe to drink?

DOVER TWP WATER SYS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 21,097 people get their water from it, across 5,966 connections.

How this compares nationally

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, DOVER TWP WATER SYS ranks 1,859th by violation burden (86th percentile) - 438 violations total, 10 health-baseds.

Against the PA average

PA's 475 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; DOVER TWP WATER SYS carries 10, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

DOVER TWP WATER SYS's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-02, with the most recent health-based one dated 2019-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.

The concern categories on record

DOVER TWP WATER SYS'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:

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 DOVER TWP WATER SYS's record does not cover

This is what DOVER TWP WATER SYS 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. Between the utility's meter and DOVER TWP WATER SYS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,859th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.