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Clymer Boro Muni Auth

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
1,700 people
Connections
654
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Clymer, PA
County
Indiana
Owner
Local government
The 2 ZIP codes it serves

15728, 15765

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 2 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 Feb. 6, 2024 to Aug. 25, 2026.

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 1993 to 2001. Lead at 0.51 mg/L (2002) is left out of this report: more than 20 times the action level, it looks like µg/L entered as mg/L.

Arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, chromium (total), nitrate and uranium: Pennsylvania’s own results, samples taken from Aug. 11, 2020 to Aug. 11, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

PFAS: PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, PFNA and PFBS were found, of the six PFAS in EPA’s 2024 drinking water rule; their results are below. Five other PFAS with no federal limit were found, the highest 6:2 FTS at 7.8 ppt: see them below.

EPA’s 2024 PFAS rule, compound by compound

PFASEPA’s limitResult
PFOA4.0 pptAbove the health goal3.3 ppt highest, found in 12 of 15 samples. Details
PFOS4.0 pptAbove EPA’s new limit (2029)10.1 ppt highest, found in 18 of 18 samples. Details
PFHxS10 pptBelow EPA’s limits6.7 ppt highest, found in 11 of 11 samples. Details
PFNA10 pptBelow EPA’s limits1.1 ppt highest, found in 6 of 9 samples. Details
HFPO-DA (GenX)10 pptNot foundNot found in any of 6 samples
PFBSIndex onlyBelow EPA’s limits1.1 ppt highest, found in 6 of 9 samples. Details
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

87ppb

90th percentile, 2001

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 87 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

PFOS

Comes from the source

Above EPA’s new limit (2029)

10.1ppt

Highest sample, July 29, 2025; found in 18 of 18

2026 average: 9.1 ppt

The highest sample was 10.1 ppt, about 2.5 times 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 7.9 ppt, for the year to Sept. 30, 2025: below Pennsylvania’s limit of 18 ppt and above EPA’s new limit of 4.0 ppt. In 2026, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 9.1 ppt.

What handles it

Above the health goal2

PFOA

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

3.3ppt

Highest sample, May 6, 2025; found in 12 of 15

2026 average: 2.7 ppt

The highest sample was 3.3 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 2.8 ppt, for the year to Sept. 30, 2025: below Pennsylvania’s limit of 14 ppt and below EPA’s new limit of 4.0 ppt. In 2026, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 2.7 ppt.

What handles it

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

3.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.5 ppb, in 2024: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 4.5 ppb. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

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

Below EPA’s limits8

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

67.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 52 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 67.6 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 52 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 52.4 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

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

PFHxS

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

6.7ppt

Highest sample, July 29, 2025; found in 11 of 11

2026 average: 5.3 ppt

The highest sample was 6.7 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 5.7 ppt, for the year to Sept. 30, 2025: below EPA’s new limit of 10 ppt. In 2026, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 5.3 ppt.

What handles it

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

11.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 8.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 11.7 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 12.6 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 8.4 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 55 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

PFNA

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.1ppt

Highest sample, Oct. 22, 2024; found in 6 of 9

2026 average: 0.48 ppt

The highest sample was 1.1 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 0.54 ppt, for the year to Sept. 30, 2025: below EPA’s new limit of 10 ppt. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 0.48 ppt.

What handles it

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.32ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.32 ppm, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.33 ppm. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.43 ppm, in 2012.

What handles it

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

3.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.2 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. Its highest single sample was 3.5 ppb. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.02ppm

Highest sample; found in 1 of 10

2026, one sample: 0.02 ppm

The highest sample, in 2026, was 0.02 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and its one sample was 0.02 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.2 ppm, in 2016.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

PFBS

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.1ppt

Highest sample, Aug. 25, 2026; found in 6 of 9

2026 average: 0.69 ppt

The highest sample was 1.1 ppt, below EPA’s hazard index benchmark of 2,000 ppt. PFBS has no legal limit or health goal of its own. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 0.69 ppt.

What handles it

Also found, with no federal limit

EPA measured these PFAS to learn how often they occur. None has a legal limit or a health goal yet.

CompoundHighest sampleFound inCertification claim
6:2 FTS7.8 ppt2 of 2None covers it
PFPeA6.8 ppt2 of 2None covers it
PFHxA5.6 ppt2 of 2None covers it
PFBA3.1 ppt2 of 2None covers it
PFHpA2.1 ppt2 of 2NSF/ANSI 53: Total PFAS Reduction
16 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.

From routine monitoring

  • Uranium

PFAS, from Pennsylvania’s own monitoring

  • 11Cl-PF3OUdS
  • 4:2 FTS
  • 8:2 FTS
  • 9Cl-PF3ONS
  • ADONA
  • HFPO-DA (GenX)
  • NFDHA
  • PFDA
  • PFDoA
  • PFEESA
  • PFHpS
  • PFMBA
  • PFMPA
  • PFPeS
  • PFUnA

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

    For: Lead, PFOS, PFOA, Arsenic

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

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

    For: Lead, PFOS, PFOA, Arsenic

    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. There are 12 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, chromium (total), nitrate and uranium results here are Pennsylvania’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Clymer Boro Muni 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 Aug. 11, 2020 to Aug. 11, 2026; Pennsylvania’s PFAS results run from Feb. 6, 2024 to Aug. 25, 2026.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Cardan Laboratories Inc

    Northern Cambria, PA · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (814) 948-8650

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC-Indiana

    Indiana, PA · about 9 miles

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

    (724) 463-8378

  • Chemstream Lab Services

    Homer City, PA · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, radioactivity

    (724) 915-8388

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 PA5320009. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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