SOUTHWESTERN PA WATER AUTH: EPA violation history, explained
SOUTHWESTERN PA WATER AUTH has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 40,200 people get their water from it, across 29,194 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SOUTHWESTERN PA WATER AUTH ranks 6,008th by violation burden (53th percentile) - 36 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
Against the PA average
PA's 475 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; SOUTHWESTERN PA WATER AUTH carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
SOUTHWESTERN PA WATER AUTH's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-11-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
SOUTHWESTERN PA 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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What SOUTHWESTERN PA WATER AUTH's record does not cover
Everything on this page is SOUTHWESTERN PA WATER AUTH'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 SOUTHWESTERN PA WATER AUTH's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,008th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.