Is KUTZTOWN BOROUGH WATER's water safe to drink?
KUTZTOWN BOROUGH WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 14,200 people through 1,902 service connections.
KUTZTOWN BOROUGH WATER's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, KUTZTOWN BOROUGH WATER ranks 2,323th by violation burden (82th percentile) - 84 violations total, 8 health-baseds.
How KUTZTOWN BOROUGH WATER compares within PA
KUTZTOWN BOROUGH WATER's 8 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 KUTZTOWN BOROUGH WATER is from 2018-01-04 (health-based: 2011-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
KUTZTOWN BOROUGH WATER'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
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
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
KUTZTOWN BOROUGH WATER's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and KUTZTOWN BOROUGH WATER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,323th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.