What's in READING AREA WATER AUTHORITY's water?
READING AREA WATER AUTHORITY 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: 95,100, over 28,500 connections.
How this compares nationally
59 total violations and 11 health-based ones put READING AREA WATER AUTHORITY at the 87th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,721 of 12,903.
Against the PA average
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - READING AREA WATER AUTHORITY's 11 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
READING AREA WATER AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
READING AREA WATER AUTHORITY'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: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Revised Total Coliform Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: 2,4,5-TP; BHC-GAMMA; Endrin; Toxaphene
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 READING AREA WATER AUTHORITY's record does not cover
This is what READING AREA WATER AUTHORITY 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 READING AREA WATER AUTHORITY - 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.