Is SHIPPENSBURG BORO WATER AUTH's water safe to drink?
SHIPPENSBURG BORO WATER AUTH has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 17,800 people through 6,706 service connections.
How this compares nationally
SHIPPENSBURG BORO WATER AUTH has 174 violations on record in total, 11 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,679th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 87th percentile nationally.
Against the PA average
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - SHIPPENSBURG BORO WATER AUTH's 11 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
SHIPPENSBURG BORO WATER AUTH's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
SHIPPENSBURG BORO 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: 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 SHIPPENSBURG BORO WATER AUTH's record does not cover
SHIPPENSBURG BORO 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 174 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.