PENNSVILLE TWSP. WATER DEPART.: EPA violation history, explained
PENNSVILLE TWSP. WATER DEPART. has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 13,500 people through 4,813 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PENNSVILLE TWSP. WATER DEPART. ranks 3,324th by violation burden (74th percentile) - 229 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
How PENNSVILLE TWSP. WATER DEPART. compares within NJ
Among the 270 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.3 health-based violations - PENNSVILLE TWSP. WATER DEPART.'s 5 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for PENNSVILLE TWSP. WATER DEPART. is from 2024-11-11 (health-based: 2013-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PENNSVILLE TWSP. WATER DEPART.'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Beryllium, Total
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
This is what PENNSVILLE TWSP. WATER DEPART. 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. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for PENNSVILLE TWSP. WATER DEPART. - 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.