What's in TARENTUM BORO WATER DEPT's water?
TARENTUM BORO WATER DEPT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 4,927 people get their water from it, across 1,850 connections.
TARENTUM BORO WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
85 total violations and 6 health-based ones put TARENTUM BORO WATER DEPT at the 77th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,950 of 12,903.
How TARENTUM BORO WATER DEPT compares within PA
PA's 475 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; TARENTUM BORO WATER DEPT carries 6, more than typical for the state. 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 TARENTUM BORO WATER DEPT is from 2026-11-05 (health-based: 2026-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TARENTUM BORO WATER DEPT'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:
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL; Endrin
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what TARENTUM BORO WATER DEPT 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 TARENTUM BORO WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,950th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.