What's in POTTSTOWN BOROUGH WATER AUTH's water?
POTTSTOWN BOROUGH 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. Population served: 36,000, over 12,000 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
POTTSTOWN BOROUGH WATER AUTH has 59 violations on record in total, 9 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,093th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 84th percentile nationally.
Against the PA average
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - POTTSTOWN BOROUGH WATER AUTH's 9 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
POTTSTOWN BOROUGH WATER AUTH's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2023-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
POTTSTOWN BOROUGH 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; 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 POTTSTOWN BOROUGH WATER AUTH's record does not cover
POTTSTOWN BOROUGH WATER 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 59 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.