Is BCWSA MAIN LOWER SOUTH Water Safe to Drink in 2026?
Pennsylvania · PWSID PA1090079 · Surface water
Population served
52,621
Cities served
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State / jurisdiction
Pennsylvania (PA)
PWSID
PA1090079
F
TAP WATER GRADE
High risk
Model score 0/88 from violations, PFAS profile, and monitoring signals — not a laboratory test of your faucet.
218 violation record(s) in the latest EPA SDWA quarterly snapshotPFAS above EPA MCL (UCMR5 regulated compounds)
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CONTAMINANTS — EPA UCMR5 MONITORING
Compound
Level (ppt)
EPA limit
Health guideline
Status
PFPeA
19.0
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Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFHxA
11.5
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFBA
7.5
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFOAregulated
7.3
4 ppt
Exceeds
Above health advisory
PFOSregulated
6.9
4 ppt
Exceeds
Above health advisory
PFBS
5.6
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFHxSregulated
4.8
10 ppt
Within / n/a
MCL exceedance
PFHpA
3.2
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
Source: EPA UCMR5 · ppt = parts per trillion · MCL = enforceable limit for regulated PFAS
VIOLATIONS HISTORY (FEDERAL SNAPSHOT)
EPA’s national SDWA quarterly files associate 218 violation-related records with this system in the same reporting quarter as the utility snapshot used on WaterCheckup. This is not a complete historical docket — see ECHO and SDWIS for full compliance context.
WHY THIS FOR BCWSA MAIN LOWER SOUTH · Chosen for BCWSA MAIN LOWER SOUTH because PFAS was detected at 19 ppt in UCMR5 — above the 4 ppt limit for some regulated compounds — and this system shows 218 violation record(s) in the latest federal snapshot. RO removes 99%+ of PFAS at the tap.
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