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Aqua PA Superior Ivy Ridge

What EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records show in this utility’s water: PFAS; nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
150 people
Connections
46
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Bryn Mawr, PA
County
Montgomery
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

19492

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, 1 more is above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, and 3 more are above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the action level. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

PFAS: Pennsylvania’s own results under its PFAS rule, entry point samples taken from Jan. 9, 2025 to Nov. 5, 2025.

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2004.

Arsenic, uranium, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), chromium (total), fluoride and nitrate: Pennsylvania’s own results, samples taken from June 23, 2020 to Aug. 26, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

PFAS: PFOA, PFOS and PFNA were found, of the six PFAS in EPA’s 2024 drinking water rule; their results are below.

EPA’s 2024 PFAS rule, compound by compound

PFASEPA’s limitResult
PFOA4.0 pptAbove EPA’s new limit (2029)4.6 ppt highest, found in 4 of 4 samples. Details
PFOS4.0 pptAbove the health goal2.2 ppt highest, found in 1 of 4 samples. Details
PFHxS10 pptNot foundNot found in any of 4 samples
PFNA10 pptBelow EPA’s limits10 ppt highest, found in 4 of 4 samples. Details
HFPO-DA (GenX)10 pptNot foundNot found in any of 4 samples
PFBSIndex onlyNot foundNot found in any of 4 samples
Results from Pennsylvania’s own PFAS monitoring, samples where water enters the pipes; each compound’s card has its four-quarter averages, the way limits are judged. The limits are EPA’s 2024 rule, with compliance due from 2029; EPA has since proposed changes to some of them, explained on each compound’s page. Pennsylvania’s own limits for PFOA and PFOS are in force now. PFBS has no limit of its own and counts only toward EPA’s Hazard Index, which TapBuff works out only from UCMR 5’s averages, so it isn’t given here.

About PFAS certifications

NSF’s PFAS claims are tested to below 20 ppt. EPA’s limit is 4.0 ppt, and EPA says no certification yet shows a filter reaching its levels.

Above the legal limit1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the action level

52ppb

90th percentile, 2004

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 52 ppb, above EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027, and this result is at or above that. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 20291

PFOA

Comes from the source

Above EPA’s new limit (2029)

4.6ppt

Highest sample, Jan. 9, 2025; found in 4 of 4

2025 average: 3.9 ppt

The highest sample was 4.6 ppt, above EPA’s new limit of 4.0 ppt, which takes effect in 2029. EPA’s health goal is zero. Compliance will be judged on a running annual average, not one sample. Averaged over four quarters at one entry point, the way both Pennsylvania’s limit and EPA’s are judged, the highest was 3.9 ppt, for the year to Dec. 31, 2025: below Pennsylvania’s limit of 14 ppt and below EPA’s new limit of 4.0 ppt. Its only year on file is 2025, when its four samples averaged 3.9 ppt.

What handles it

Above the health goal3

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

6.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024, one sample: 5.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 6.3 ppb, in 2021: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 7.0 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 5.4 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 7.6 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

PFOS

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

2.2ppt

Highest sample, Nov. 5, 2025; found in 1 of 4

2025 average: 0.55 ppt

The highest sample was 2.2 ppt: below EPA’s new limit of 4.0 ppt, which takes effect in 2029, but above its health goal of zero. Averaged over four quarters at one entry point, the way both Pennsylvania’s limit and EPA’s are judged, the highest was 0.55 ppt, for the year to Dec. 31, 2025: below Pennsylvania’s limit of 18 ppt and below EPA’s new limit of 4.0 ppt. Its only year on file is 2025, when its four samples averaged 0.55 ppt.

What handles it

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

8.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 8.0 ppb, in 2020: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 8.4 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits3

PFNA

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

10ppt

Highest sample, Jan. 9, 2025; found in 4 of 4

2025 average: 9.1 ppt

The highest sample was 10 ppt, below EPA’s new limit of 10 ppt, which takes effect in 2029. Averaged over four quarters at one entry point, the way EPA’s limit is judged, the highest was 9.1 ppt, for the year to Dec. 31, 2025: below EPA’s new limit of 10 ppt. Its only year on file is 2025, when its four samples averaged 9.1 ppt.

What handles it

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

13.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 13.9 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 51 ppb, in 2012.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

4.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 4.7 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 15.5 ppb, in 2012.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

6 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.

From routine monitoring

  • Chromium (total)
  • Fluoride
  • Nitrate

PFAS, from Pennsylvania’s own monitoring

  • HFPO-DA (GenX)
  • PFBS
  • PFHxS

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Lead Reduction, PFOA Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, PFOS Reduction

    For: Lead, PFOA, Arsenic, PFOS

    Other certifiers’ wording: Total PFAS Reduction; Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA); Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level); Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Lead Reduction, Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS), Uranium

    For: Lead, PFOA, Arsenic, PFOS, Uranium

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, uranium, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), chromium (total), fluoride and nitrate results here are Pennsylvania’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Aqua PA Superior Ivy Ridge’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Pennsylvania’s results run from June 23, 2020 to Aug. 26, 2026; Pennsylvania’s PFAS results run from Jan. 9, 2025 to Nov. 5, 2025.

Testing your own tap

Aqua PA Superior Ivy Ridge’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Pennsylvania certifies.

The 3 labs Pennsylvania certifies closest to the area Aqua PA Superior Ivy Ridge serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Analytical Laboratories, Inc

    Telford, PA · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (215) 723-6466

  • Eurofins Philadelphia - Horsham

    Horsham, PA · about 19 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (215) 355-3900

  • Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.

    Bryn Mawr, PA · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS, radioactivity

    (610) 525-1400

Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Laboratory: Drinking water test kits from many county Extension offices, mailed back to the lab overnight with payment. Packages cover bacteria and basic chemistry, with add-ons for nitrate, metals, lead, and mining or gas drilling concerns. The standard package of bacteria, pH and total dissolved solids is $60, or $70 with nitrate; bacteria alone is $40, nitrate $15 and lead $25. Drinking Water Testing, Penn State Agricultural Analytical Services Lab.

All 108 certified labs for Pennsylvania

Sources

PWSID PA1460007. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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