What's in RICHLAND TWP WATER AUTHORITY's water?
RICHLAND TWP WATER AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 6,800 people get their water from it, across 2,382 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, RICHLAND TWP WATER AUTHORITY ranks 2,052th by violation burden (84th percentile) - 166 violations total, 9 health-baseds.
How RICHLAND TWP WATER AUTHORITY compares within PA
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - RICHLAND TWP WATER AUTHORITY's 9 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for RICHLAND TWP WATER AUTHORITY is from 2024-01-11 (health-based: 2011-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RICHLAND TWP 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: Coliform (TCR)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
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
Everything on this page is RICHLAND TWP WATER AUTHORITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and RICHLAND TWP WATER AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,052th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.