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Jay Twp Water Authority

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
1,131 people
Connections
674
Water source
Surface water
Based in
Weedville, PA
County
Elk
Owner
Local government
The 3 ZIP codes it serves

15827, 15841, 15868

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the action level. 4 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 Feb. 20, 2024 to Sept. 2, 2026.

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 1993 to 2024.

Uranium, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, fluoride, arsenic and chromium (total): Pennsylvania’s own results, samples taken from Jan. 14, 2020 to Aug. 5, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

PFAS: None of the two PFAS in EPA’s 2024 drinking water rule was found in this utility’s samples.

EPA’s 2024 PFAS rule, compound by compound

PFASEPA’s limitResult
PFOA4.0 pptNot foundNot found in any of 16 samples
PFOS4.0 pptNot foundNot found in any of 16 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.

Above the legal limit1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the action level

17.2ppb

90th percentile, 2024

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 17.2 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 the health goal1

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

15.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022

Averaged by year, the highest was 15.1 ppb, in 2022: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 15.8 ppb. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

20.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 11.9 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 20.2 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 45.2 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 11.9 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 15.8 ppb, in 2018.

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

10.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 3.8 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 10.5 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 26.7 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its four samples averaged 3.8 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 15.7 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.22ppm

Highest sample; found in 8 of 16

2026: not found

The highest sample, in 2023, was 0.22 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its two samples. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.14 ppm, in 2014.

What handles it

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

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.05ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.05 ppm, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.15 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its two samples.

What handles it

4 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)

PFAS, from Pennsylvania’s own monitoring

  • PFOA
  • PFOS

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.”

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)Feb. 1, 2024 to Feb. 29, 2024—Resolved
Surface Water Treatment RuleRequired treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Feb. 1, 2024 to Feb. 29, 2024—Resolved
Groundwater RuleRequired treatment for surface water or groundwater was not met.EPA: Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Aug. 1, 2023 to Aug. 31, 2023—Resolved
Lead and Copper RuleA required study or plan for corrosion control was not done on time.EPA: OCCT/SOWT Study/RecommendationApril 1, 2023—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 164 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Uranium, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, fluoride, arsenic and chromium (total) results here are Pennsylvania’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Jay Twp Water Authority’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. 14, 2020 to Aug. 5, 2026; Pennsylvania’s PFAS results run from Feb. 20, 2024 to Sept. 2, 2026.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Dubois

    Dubois, PA · about 18 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (814) 371-6030

  • White Oak Laboratory LLC

    Ridgway, PA · about 19 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (814) 772-5927

  • G & C Coal Analysis Lab Inc

    Summerville, PA · about 41 miles

    (814) 849-7301

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 PA6240005. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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