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Braddock Boro Water Auth

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

Serves
1,708 people
Connections
653
Water source
Surface water bought from another system
Based in
Braddock, PA
County
Allegheny
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

15104

The short answer

2 results are above EPA’s legal limit. The worst: Lead, above the action level. 4 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 1994 to 2018.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5): Pennsylvania’s own results, samples taken from Jan. 16, 2020 to July 16, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit2

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the action level

22.6ppb

90th percentile, 2018

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 22.6 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

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

87.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 74.6 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 87.5 ppb, in 2024, above EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 131 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 74.6 ppb. EPA recorded violations for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility in 2024 and 2025. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 74.5 ppb, in 2016.

What handles it

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

Below EPA’s limits1

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

43.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 41.7 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 43.6 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 52 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 41.7 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 31.9 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

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, Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction

    For: Lead, Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

    Other certifiers’ wording: VOC Reduction

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Lead Reduction, Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction

    For: Lead, Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

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

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2025 to Sept. 30, 20250.081 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2025 to June 30, 20250.084 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2025 to March 31, 20250.09 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 20240.088 MG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 3 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) results here are Pennsylvania’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Braddock Boro Water Auth’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 Jan. 16, 2020 to July 16, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Braddock Boro Water Auth’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 Braddock Boro Water Auth serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Dream Pools and Spas Inc

    Pittsburgh, PA · about 5 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (412) 661-7665

  • RJ Lee Group, Inc.

    Monroeville, PA · about 6 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, PFAS, asbestos

    (724) 325-1776

  • Eurofins Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, PA · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (412) 963-7058

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 PA5020007. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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