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Colony Cove East & South HOA

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

Serves
101 people
Connections
53
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Tafton, PA
County
Pike
Owner
Public and private

The short answer

Nothing in EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers PFAS, plus nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, not everything. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What was found

PFAS: Pennsylvania’s own results under its PFAS rule, entry point samples taken from March 17, 2025 to May 19, 2026.

Arsenic, chromium (total), fluoride, nitrate and uranium: Pennsylvania’s own results, samples taken from Sept. 12, 2023 to April 21, 2026.

PFAS: None of the six PFAS in EPA’s 2024 drinking water rule was found in this utility’s samples. None of the other 19 PFAS tested for was found either.

EPA’s 2024 PFAS rule, compound by compound

PFASEPA’s limitResult
PFOA4.0 pptNot foundNot found in any of 5 samples
PFOS4.0 pptNot foundNot found in any of 5 samples
PFHxS10 pptNot foundNot found in its one sample
PFNA10 pptNot foundNot found in its one sample
HFPO-DA (GenX)10 pptNot foundNot found in its one sample
PFBSIndex onlyNot foundNot found in its one sample
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.

None of the contaminants in the records below were found at or above the reporting levels.

30 compounds tested and not foundIncluding all six PFAS in EPA’s 2024 rule. Below the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.

From routine monitoring

  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Fluoride
  • Nitrate
  • Uranium

PFAS, from Pennsylvania’s own monitoring

  • 11Cl-PF3OUdS
  • 4:2 FTS
  • 6:2 FTS
  • 8:2 FTS
  • 9Cl-PF3ONS
  • ADONA
  • HFPO-DA (GenX)
  • NFDHA
  • PFBA
  • PFBS
  • PFDA
  • PFDoA
  • PFEESA
  • PFHpA
  • PFHpS
  • PFHxA
  • PFHxS
  • PFMBA
  • PFMPA
  • PFNA
  • PFOA
  • PFOS
  • PFPeA
  • PFPeS
  • PFUnA

Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 24 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, chromium (total), fluoride, nitrate and uranium results here are Pennsylvania’s own from 2023 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Colony Cove East & South HOA’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 Sept. 12, 2023 to April 21, 2026; Pennsylvania’s PFAS results run from March 17, 2025 to May 19, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Colony Cove East & South HOA’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.

No lab Pennsylvania certifies is within 75 miles of the area Colony Cove East & South HOA serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

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 PA2520209. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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