LYKENS BORO AUTH: EPA violation history, explained
LYKENS BORO AUTH had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,220 people get their water from it, across 1,202 connections.
How this compares nationally
LYKENS BORO AUTH has 203 violations on record in total, 15 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,202th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 91th percentile nationally.
Against the PA average
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - LYKENS BORO AUTH's 15 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
LYKENS BORO AUTH's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
LYKENS BORO 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Groundwater Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 LYKENS BORO AUTH's record does not cover
LYKENS BORO AUTH'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 LYKENS BORO AUTH's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,202th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.