Is SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BORO WATER's water safe to drink?
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BORO WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 6,000, over 3,236 connections.
How this compares nationally
54 total violations and 4 health-based ones put SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BORO WATER at the 69th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,020 of 12,903.
Against the PA average
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BORO WATER's 4 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BORO WATER's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 2006-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BORO WATER'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BORO WATER's record does not cover
This is what SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BORO WATER 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 - 4 health-based violations on file for SCHUYLKILL HAVEN BORO WATER - 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.