DrinkingWaterCheck

QUAKERTOWN BORO: EPA violation history, explained

QUAKERTOWN BORO has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 12,800 people through 4,176 service connections.

QUAKERTOWN BORO's record against the rest of the country

QUAKERTOWN BORO has 204 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,650th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 64th percentile nationally.

Against the PA average

Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - QUAKERTOWN BORO's 3 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

QUAKERTOWN BORO's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.

The concern categories on record

QUAKERTOWN BORO'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 QUAKERTOWN BORO's record does not cover

This is what QUAKERTOWN BORO 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 204 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.