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Lakeview Personal Care

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
100 people
Connections
1
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Darlington, PA
County
Beaver
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

16115

The short answer

2 results are 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 Jan. 22, 2025 to Sept. 9, 2026.

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 1996 to 2022.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), arsenic, haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, chromium (total), nitrate and uranium: Pennsylvania’s own results, samples taken from March 18, 2020 to Sept. 21, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

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 any of 5 samples
PFNA10 pptNot foundNot found in any of 5 samples
HFPO-DA (GenX)10 pptNot foundNot found in any of 5 samples
PFBSIndex onlyNot foundNot found in any of 5 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 limit2

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the action level

25.6ppb

90th percentile, 2022

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 25.6 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

63.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 32 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 63.4 ppb, in 2023, below 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 32 ppb. EPA judges this limit at each sampling point, and recorded a violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility in 2023. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 74.9 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

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

Above the health goal1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.31ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.31 ppb, in 2025: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. 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 limits4

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

37.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 17.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 37.6 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 63.7 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 17.4 ppb. EPA recorded no violation for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 23.1 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.3ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.3 ppm, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

2.9ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2025

2025, one sample: 2.1 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.9 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 2.1 ppb.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.17ppm

Highest sample; found in 3 of 6

2026, one sample: 0.17 ppm

The highest sample, in 2026, was 0.17 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and its one sample was 0.17 ppm.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
26 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

  • 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

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, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Lead, Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: VOC Reduction; Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Lead Reduction, Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Lead, Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Lead and Copper RuleA required study or plan for corrosion control was not done on time.EPA: OCCT/SOWT Study/RecommendationJuly 1, 2025—Resolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2023 to June 30, 20230.11 MG/LResolved
Lead and Copper RuleRequired information about lead was not given to customers.EPA: Public EducationNov. 30, 2020—Resolved
Lead and Copper RuleRequired information about lead was not given to customers.EPA: Public EducationNov. 30, 2019—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 36 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), arsenic, 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. Lakeview Personal Care’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. 21, 2026; Pennsylvania’s PFAS results run from Jan. 22, 2025 to Sept. 9, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Lakeview Personal Care’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 Lakeview Personal Care serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Allegheny County Health Department Public Health Laboratory

    Warrendale, PA · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (412) 578-8070

  • Microbac Laboratories, Inc. Pittsburgh Division

    Warrendale, PA · about 21 miles

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

    (724) 772-0610

  • Kevco Services, Inc

    Butler, PA · about 32 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (724) 586-6343

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 PA5040847. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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