Is NEW PHILADELPHIA CITY PWS's water safe to drink?
NEW PHILADELPHIA CITY PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 17,410 people get their water from it, across 8,199 connections.
NEW PHILADELPHIA CITY PWS's record against the rest of the country
NEW PHILADELPHIA CITY PWS has 7 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,426th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 58th percentile nationally.
How NEW PHILADELPHIA CITY PWS compares within OH
OH's 394 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; NEW PHILADELPHIA CITY PWS carries 3, not more than typical for the state. 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 NEW PHILADELPHIA CITY PWS is from 2026-07-01 (health-based: 2009-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NEW PHILADELPHIA CITY PWS'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)
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
NEW PHILADELPHIA CITY PWS'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. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for NEW PHILADELPHIA CITY PWS - 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.