Is SUBURBAN LOCK HAVEN WATER AUTH's water safe to drink?
SUBURBAN LOCK HAVEN WATER AUTH had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 9,700 people through 3,301 service connections.
SUBURBAN LOCK HAVEN WATER AUTH's record against the rest of the country
236 total violations and 6 health-based ones put SUBURBAN LOCK HAVEN WATER AUTH at the 78th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,892 of 12,903.
Against the PA average
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - SUBURBAN LOCK HAVEN WATER AUTH's 6 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
SUBURBAN LOCK HAVEN WATER AUTH's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-12-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
SUBURBAN LOCK HAVEN 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: Revised Total Coliform Rule; 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 SUBURBAN LOCK HAVEN WATER AUTH's record does not cover
This is what SUBURBAN LOCK HAVEN 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. Between the utility's meter and SUBURBAN LOCK HAVEN WATER AUTH's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,892th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.