Is MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY's water safe to drink?
MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,000, over 36 connections.
MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY's record against the rest of the country
MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY has 284 violations on record in total, 28 of thems health-based - ranking it 610th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 95th percentile nationally.
Against the PA average
PA's 475 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY carries 28, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-11-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2019-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment 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 MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY's record does not cover
MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY'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 MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 610th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.