PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT
PWSID: PA1510001 · Philadelphia, PA · Serves 1,600,000 people
According to EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT (PWSID PA1510001) in Philadelphia, PA is listed as a CWS water system covering about 1,600,000 people. PlainEnviro's health-based extract shows zero health-based violation records for this system. PlainEnviro's extract shows zero health-based violation rows for PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT; those counts stay historical EPA registry rows, not a current compliance or drinkability score.
PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT has no health-based violation records in PlainEnviro's EPA SDWIS extract. This does not establish current safety or compliance.
PlainEnviro's health-based SDWIS extract covers monitoring and reporting violations only -- it does not include unresolved enforcement actions in progress or corrective steps a utility has taken since the extract date. No contaminant code appears in the extract. Day-to-day primacy enforcement for this system runs through the Pennsylvania drinking-water program, not EPA directly.
A historical health-based record does not necessarily describe current water quality or compliance. The most authoritative current source is the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report. For enforcement history and corrective-action orders, consult EPA ECHO and the Pennsylvania state drinking-water program's public portal.
System Details
- EPA ID (PWSID)
- PA1510001
- System Type
- CWS
- Water Source
- Surface Water
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Population Served
- 1,600,000
- Health Violations
- None
No Violations on Record
PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT has no violations recorded in the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System.
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Nationwide peers by violations & population served
Cross-state SDWIS systems nearest PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT on cumulative violation count (0) and EPA-reported population served (1,600,000). Population peers include CITY OF BALTIMORE, LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, PHOENIX CITY OF.
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About This Data
PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT (PA1510001) is drawn from EPA SDWIS. PlainEnviro's health-based extract currently lists zero MCL/TT rows for this system; that absence is historical registry state, not a current drinkability score.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, SDWIS Federal Reporting Services
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