What's in STEWARTSTOWN BORO WATER AUTH's water?
STEWARTSTOWN 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 5,206 people through 1,880 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
191 total violations and 4 health-based ones put STEWARTSTOWN BORO WATER AUTH at the 70th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,886 of 12,903.
How STEWARTSTOWN BORO WATER AUTH compares within PA
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - STEWARTSTOWN BORO WATER AUTH's 4 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for STEWARTSTOWN BORO WATER AUTH is from 2022-01-04 (health-based: 2012-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
STEWARTSTOWN 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); Groundwater Rule
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
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
This is what STEWARTSTOWN BORO WATER AUTH 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 191 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.