Is MOUNTAIN WATER ASSN's water safe to drink?
MOUNTAIN WATER ASSN 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: 3,856, over 1,600 connections.
MOUNTAIN WATER ASSN's record against the rest of the country
MOUNTAIN WATER ASSN has 111 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,701th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 64th percentile nationally.
How MOUNTAIN WATER ASSN compares within PA
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - MOUNTAIN WATER ASSN's 3 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MOUNTAIN WATER ASSN is from 2025-01-11 (health-based: 2023-06-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MOUNTAIN WATER ASSN'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); Revised Total Coliform Rule
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
This is what MOUNTAIN WATER ASSN 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. Between the utility's meter and MOUNTAIN WATER ASSN's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,701th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.