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MANCHESTER UTILITIES AUTHORITY: EPA violation history, explained

MANCHESTER UTILITIES AUTHORITY had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 12,000, over 4,461 connections.

MANCHESTER UTILITIES AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country

86 total violations and 22 health-based ones put MANCHESTER UTILITIES AUTHORITY at the 94th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 799 of 12,903.

Against the NJ average

NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; MANCHESTER UTILITIES AUTHORITY carries 22, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

MANCHESTER UTILITIES AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-06, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.

The concern categories on record

MANCHESTER UTILITIES 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 MANCHESTER UTILITIES AUTHORITY's record does not cover

This is what MANCHESTER UTILITIES AUTHORITY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 22 health-based violations on file for MANCHESTER UTILITIES AUTHORITY - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.