Is PHOENIXVILLE WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
PHOENIXVILLE WATER DEPT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 16,599, over 5,958 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PHOENIXVILLE WATER DEPT ranks 1,413th by violation burden (89th percentile) - 147 violations total, 13 health-baseds.
How PHOENIXVILLE WATER DEPT compares within PA
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - PHOENIXVILLE WATER DEPT's 13 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for PHOENIXVILLE WATER DEPT is from 2025-04-02 (health-based: 2024-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PHOENIXVILLE WATER DEPT'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 PHOENIXVILLE WATER DEPT 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 - 13 health-based violations on file for PHOENIXVILLE WATER DEPT - 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.