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Hughesville Borough Water 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
2,800 people
Connections
1,180
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Hughesville, PA
County
Lycoming
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

17737

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 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the action level. 2 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

PFAS: Pennsylvania’s own results under its PFAS rule, entry point samples taken from July 31, 2024 to April 22, 2026.

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 1994 to 2016.

Copper: EPA’s file records a utility’s copper only when it exceeds the action level. The last here was 2.2 ppm, for the period ending June 30, 1998. None since is on file, so it is not counted as a current finding.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic, chromium (total), fluoride and uranium: Pennsylvania’s own results, samples taken from March 18, 2020 to Sept. 24, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

PFAS: PFOS and PFOA were found, of the six PFAS in EPA’s 2024 drinking water rule; their results are below. None of the other 12 PFAS tested for was found.

EPA’s 2024 PFAS rule, compound by compound

PFASEPA’s limitResult
PFOA4.0 pptAbove the health goal2.6 ppt highest, found in 6 of 16 samples. Details
PFOS4.0 pptAbove EPA’s new limit (2029)4.7 ppt highest, found in 12 of 17 samples. Details
PFHxS10 pptNot foundNot found in any of 14 samples
PFNA10 pptNot foundNot found in any of 14 samples
HFPO-DA (GenX)10 pptNot foundNot found in any of 14 samples
PFBSIndex onlyNot foundNot found in any of 14 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

29.6ppb

90th percentile, 2016

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 29.6 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

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

PFOS

Comes from the source

Above EPA’s new limit (2029)

4.7ppt

Highest sample, April 9, 2025; found in 12 of 17

2026 average: 3.2 ppt

The highest sample was 4.7 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 2.3 ppt, for the year to June 30, 2025: below Pennsylvania’s limit of 18 ppt and below EPA’s new limit of 4.0 ppt. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 3.2 ppt.

What handles it

Above the health goal1

PFOA

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

2.6ppt

Highest sample, April 9, 2025; found in 6 of 16

2026 average: 1.0 ppt

The highest sample was 2.6 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 0.29 ppt, for the year to June 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 two samples averaged 1.0 ppt.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits3

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

16.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 14.6 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 16.9 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 14.6 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 19 ppb, in 2016.

What handles it

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

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

2.1ppm

Highest sample; found in 17 of 20

2026 average: 0.78 ppm

The highest sample, in 2023, was 2.1 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 0.78 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 2.2 ppm, in 2019.

What handles it

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

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

5.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 2.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 5.6 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 2.3 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 4.0 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

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

From routine monitoring

  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Fluoride
  • Uranium

PFAS, from Pennsylvania’s own monitoring

  • 11Cl-PF3OUdS
  • 9Cl-PF3ONS
  • ADONA
  • HFPO-DA (GenX)
  • NEtFOSAA
  • NMeFOSAA
  • PFBS
  • PFDA
  • PFDoA
  • PFHpA
  • PFHxA
  • PFHxS
  • PFNA
  • PFTA
  • PFTrDA
  • 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

    For: Lead, PFOS, PFOA

    Other certifiers’ wording: Total PFAS Reduction; Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS); Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Lead Reduction, Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS), Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA)

    For: Lead, PFOS, PFOA

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
Groundwater RuleRequired treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)July 1, 2017 to July 31, 2017—Resolved
Groundwater RuleRequired treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Oct. 1, 2016 to Oct. 31, 2016—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 200 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic, chromium (total), fluoride and uranium results here are Pennsylvania’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Hughesville Borough 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 March 18, 2020 to Sept. 24, 2026; Pennsylvania’s PFAS results run from July 31, 2024 to April 22, 2026.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Pace Analytical Services LLC - Williamsport, PA

    Williamsport, PA · about 9 miles

    (570) 326-4001

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Wysox

    Wysox, PA · about 38 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (570) 866-0195

  • HawkMtn Labs Inc

    Hazle Township, PA · about 41 miles

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

    (570) 455-6011

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 PA4410178. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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