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PLEASANT VALLEY WATER AUTH: EPA violation history, explained

PLEASANT VALLEY WATER AUTH had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 3,630 people through 1,495 service connections.

How this compares nationally

63 total violations and 11 health-based ones put PLEASANT VALLEY WATER AUTH at the 87th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,719 of 12,903.

How PLEASANT VALLEY WATER AUTH compares within PA

Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - PLEASANT VALLEY WATER AUTH's 11 is above 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 PLEASANT VALLEY WATER AUTH is from 2025-01-10 (health-based: 2022-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

PLEASANT VALLEY WATER 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:

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 PLEASANT VALLEY WATER AUTH 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 - 11 health-based violations on file for PLEASANT VALLEY WATER AUTH - 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.