Is SUMMIT TOWNSHIP WATER AUTHORIT's water safe to drink?
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP WATER AUTHORIT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 12,500 people through 1,774 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SUMMIT TOWNSHIP WATER AUTHORIT ranks 3,327th by violation burden (74th percentile) - 224 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
How SUMMIT TOWNSHIP WATER AUTHORIT compares within PA
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - SUMMIT TOWNSHIP WATER AUTHORIT's 5 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 SUMMIT TOWNSHIP WATER AUTHORIT is from 2025-01-04 (health-based: 2019-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP WATER AUTHORIT'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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 SUMMIT TOWNSHIP WATER AUTHORIT 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 - 5 health-based violations on file for SUMMIT TOWNSHIP WATER AUTHORIT - 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.