ERIE CITY WATER AUTHORITY: EPA violation history, explained
ERIE CITY 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 220,001 people through 63,820 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ERIE CITY WATER AUTHORITY ranks 1,411th by violation burden (89th percentile) - 200 violations total, 13 health-baseds.
How ERIE CITY WATER AUTHORITY compares within PA
ERIE CITY WATER AUTHORITY's 13 health-based violations sit above the PA average of 5.5, across 475 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ERIE CITY WATER AUTHORITY is from 2026-01-04 (health-based: 2018-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ERIE CITY 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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 ERIE CITY WATER AUTHORITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and ERIE CITY WATER AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,411th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.