PITTSBURGH WATER & SEWER AUTH: EPA violation history, explained
PITTSBURGH WATER & SEWER AUTH has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 520,000 people through 79,034 service connections.
PITTSBURGH WATER & SEWER AUTH's record against the rest of the country
PITTSBURGH WATER & SEWER AUTH has 81 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,729th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 63th percentile nationally.
Against the PA average
PITTSBURGH WATER & SEWER AUTH's 3 health-based violations sit within the PA average of 5.5, across 475 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
PITTSBURGH WATER & SEWER AUTH's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2018-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
PITTSBURGH WATER & SEWER AUTH'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: Surface Water Treatment 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 PITTSBURGH WATER & SEWER AUTH's record does not cover
PITTSBURGH WATER & SEWER AUTH'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 81 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.