Is PENN ESTATES UTILITIES INCORP's water safe to drink?
PENN ESTATES UTILITIES INCORP had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 4,300 people get their water from it, across 1,734 connections.
PENN ESTATES UTILITIES INCORP's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PENN ESTATES UTILITIES INCORP ranks 1,542th by violation burden (88th percentile) - 144 violations total, 12 health-baseds.
Against the PA average
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - PENN ESTATES UTILITIES INCORP's 12 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
PENN ESTATES UTILITIES INCORP's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
PENN ESTATES UTILITIES INCORP'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); Groundwater 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 PENN ESTATES UTILITIES INCORP's record does not cover
PENN ESTATES UTILITIES INCORP'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 PENN ESTATES UTILITIES INCORP's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,542th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.