Is MAWC YOUGH PLANT's water safe to drink?
MAWC YOUGH PLANT 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: 133,000, over 120,175 connections.
MAWC YOUGH PLANT's record against the rest of the country
58 total violations and 5 health-based ones put MAWC YOUGH PLANT at the 73th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,424 of 12,903.
How MAWC YOUGH PLANT compares within PA
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - MAWC YOUGH PLANT's 5 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MAWC YOUGH PLANT is from 2025-01-11 (health-based: 2022-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MAWC YOUGH PLANT'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: 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is MAWC YOUGH PLANT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 58 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.