Is EAST HEMPFIELD WATER AUTH's water safe to drink?
EAST HEMPFIELD WATER AUTH had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 20,988, over 6,763 connections.
How this compares nationally
EAST HEMPFIELD WATER AUTH has 27 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,106th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 53th percentile nationally.
How EAST HEMPFIELD WATER AUTH compares within PA
EAST HEMPFIELD WATER AUTH's 2 health-based violations sit within the PA average of 5.5, across 475 systems statewide. 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 EAST HEMPFIELD WATER AUTH is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2025-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EAST HEMPFIELD WATER AUTH'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)
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
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
This is what EAST HEMPFIELD WATER AUTH 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 EAST HEMPFIELD WATER AUTH's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,106th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.