NEWTOWN ARTESIAN WATER CO: EPA violation history, explained
NEWTOWN ARTESIAN WATER CO has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 38,500 people through 10,559 service connections.
How this compares nationally
245 total violations and 10 health-based ones put NEWTOWN ARTESIAN WATER CO at the 86th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,866 of 12,903.
How NEWTOWN ARTESIAN WATER CO compares within PA
PA's 475 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; NEWTOWN ARTESIAN WATER CO carries 10, 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 NEWTOWN ARTESIAN WATER CO is from 2024-01-10 (health-based: 2011-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NEWTOWN ARTESIAN WATER CO'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is NEWTOWN ARTESIAN WATER CO's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and NEWTOWN ARTESIAN WATER CO's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,866th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.