What's in PA AMERICAN WATER CO BUTLER's water?
PA AMERICAN WATER CO BUTLER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 43,286 people through 19,978 service connections.
How this compares nationally
3 total violations and 1 health-based ones put PA AMERICAN WATER CO BUTLER at the 31th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,947 of 12,903.
Against the PA average
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - PA AMERICAN WATER CO BUTLER's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
PA AMERICAN WATER CO BUTLER's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-11-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2011-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
PA AMERICAN WATER CO BUTLER'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment 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 PA AMERICAN WATER CO BUTLER's record does not cover
This is what PA AMERICAN WATER CO BUTLER 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 PA AMERICAN WATER CO BUTLER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,947th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.