Is EPHRATA AREA JOINT AUTHORITY Water Safe to Drink in 2026?
Pennsylvania · PWSID PA7360045 · Surface water
Population served
24,500
Cities served
—
State / jurisdiction
Pennsylvania (PA)
PWSID
PA7360045
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TAP WATER GRADE
High risk
Model score 0/88 from violations, PFAS profile, and monitoring signals — not a laboratory test of your faucet.
186 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
6.9
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFBS
6.3
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFHxA
5.9
—
Within / n/a
Unregulated (monitored)
PFOAregulated
5.8
4 ppt
Exceeds
Above health advisory
PFOSregulated
4.6
4 ppt
Exceeds
Above health advisory
PFHxSregulated
3.6
10 ppt
Within / n/a
MCL exceedance
Source: EPA UCMR5 · ppt = parts per trillion · MCL = enforceable limit for regulated PFAS
VIOLATIONS HISTORY (FEDERAL SNAPSHOT)
EPA’s national SDWA quarterly files associate 186 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.
Based on EPHRATA AREA JOINT AUTHORITY's monitoring and violation profile, here are vetted filtration options — same picks framework as our city reports.
TOP PICKS FOR EPHRATA AREA JOINT AUTHORITY
⚠ EPA violations / contaminants in monitoring data
WHY THIS FOR EPHRATA AREA JOINT AUTHORITY · Chosen for EPHRATA AREA JOINT AUTHORITY because PFAS was detected at 6.9 ppt in UCMR5 — above the 4 ppt limit for some regulated compounds — and this system shows 186 violation record(s) in the latest federal snapshot. RO removes 99%+ of PFAS at the tap.
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