DrinkingWaterCheck

Is PLUM BORO MUNI AUTH's water safe to drink?

PLUM BORO MUNI AUTH 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: 27,500, over 10,254 connections.

PLUM BORO MUNI AUTH's record against the rest of the country

19 total violations and 2 health-based ones put PLUM BORO MUNI AUTH at the 52th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,229 of 12,903.

Against the PA average

PLUM BORO MUNI AUTH's 2 health-based violations sit within the PA average of 5.5, across 475 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

PLUM BORO MUNI AUTH's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.

The concern categories on record

PLUM BORO MUNI 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 PLUM BORO MUNI AUTH's record does not cover

This is what PLUM BORO MUNI 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. Between the utility's meter and PLUM BORO MUNI AUTH's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,229th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.