Is PALMERTON MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?
PALMERTON MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 7,000, over 2,245 connections.
PALMERTON MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PALMERTON MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY ranks 5,779th by violation burden (55th percentile) - 96 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How PALMERTON MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY compares within PA
PALMERTON MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY's 2 health-based violations sit within the PA average of 5.5, across 475 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for PALMERTON MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY is from 2025-01-12 (health-based: 2018-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PALMERTON MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY'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); Groundwater 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
PALMERTON MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY'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. Between the utility's meter and PALMERTON MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,779th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.