Is HUNTINGDON BORO WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
HUNTINGDON BORO WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 13,776, over 2,976 connections.
How this compares nationally
82 total violations and 11 health-based ones put HUNTINGDON BORO WATER DEPT at the 87th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,703 of 12,903.
How HUNTINGDON BORO WATER DEPT compares within PA
HUNTINGDON BORO WATER DEPT's 11 health-based violations sit above the PA average of 5.5, across 475 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for HUNTINGDON BORO WATER DEPT is from 2024-01-04 (health-based: 2008-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HUNTINGDON BORO WATER DEPT'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is HUNTINGDON BORO WATER DEPT'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 HUNTINGDON BORO WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,703th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.