What's in TAMAQUA AREA WATER AUTHORITY's water?
TAMAQUA AREA WATER AUTHORITY had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 8,000 people get their water from it, across 3,591 connections.
How this compares nationally
71 total violations and 9 health-based ones put TAMAQUA AREA WATER AUTHORITY at the 84th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,085 of 12,903.
Against the PA average
Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - TAMAQUA AREA WATER AUTHORITY's 9 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
TAMAQUA AREA WATER AUTHORITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
TAMAQUA AREA WATER AUTHORITY'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: 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 TAMAQUA AREA WATER AUTHORITY's record does not cover
Everything on this page is TAMAQUA AREA WATER AUTHORITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 9 health-based violations on file for TAMAQUA AREA WATER AUTHORITY - 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.