DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in FREELAND BORO MUNI WATER AUTH's water?

FREELAND BORO MUNI WATER AUTH has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,610, over 2,425 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

140 total violations and 4 health-based ones put FREELAND BORO MUNI WATER AUTH at the 70th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,919 of 12,903.

How FREELAND BORO MUNI WATER AUTH compares within PA

Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - FREELAND BORO MUNI WATER AUTH's 4 is at or below that. 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 FREELAND BORO MUNI WATER AUTH is from 2026-01-02 (health-based: 2019-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

FREELAND BORO MUNI 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:

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 FREELAND BORO MUNI WATER AUTH's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 140 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.