Is MAWC FURNACE RUN's water safe to drink?
MAWC FURNACE RUN has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,100 people through 1,551 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
83 total violations and 5 health-based ones put MAWC FURNACE RUN at the 74th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,382 of 12,903.
How MAWC FURNACE RUN compares within PA
PA's 475 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; MAWC FURNACE RUN carries 5, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MAWC FURNACE RUN is from 2022-01-10 (health-based: 2006-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MAWC FURNACE RUN'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
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
MAWC FURNACE RUN'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 83 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.