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LEHIGHTON WATER AUTHORITY: EPA violation history, explained

LEHIGHTON 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 9,000 people through 2,893 service connections.

LEHIGHTON WATER AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, LEHIGHTON WATER AUTHORITY ranks 7,243th by violation burden (44th percentile) - 102 violations total, 1 health-based.

Against the PA average

LEHIGHTON WATER AUTHORITY's 1 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

LEHIGHTON WATER AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2011-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.

The concern categories on record

LEHIGHTON 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:

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 LEHIGHTON WATER AUTHORITY's record does not cover

LEHIGHTON WATER AUTHORITY'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 LEHIGHTON WATER AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,243th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.