Is ORWIGSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER WKS's water safe to drink?
ORWIGSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER WKS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 3,000 people through 1,200 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
ORWIGSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER WKS has 22 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,792th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 40th percentile nationally.
Against the PA average
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - ORWIGSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER WKS's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
ORWIGSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER WKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-02, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-07-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
ORWIGSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER WKS'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: 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 ORWIGSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER WKS's record does not cover
Everything on this page is ORWIGSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER WKS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for ORWIGSBURG MUNICIPAL WATER WKS - 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.