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Liverpool 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
934 people
Connections
332
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Liverpool, PA
County
Perry
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

17045

The short answer

3 results are above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. 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 March 21, 2024 to March 19, 2026.

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 1994 to 1996.

Copper: EPA’s file records a utility’s copper only when it exceeds the action level. The last here was 1.6 ppm, for the period ending Sept. 30, 2013. None since is on file, so it is not counted as a current finding.

Arsenic, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), chromium (total), fluoride and uranium: Pennsylvania’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 6, 2020 to Oct. 1, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

PFAS: PFOS and PFBS were found, of the six PFAS in EPA’s 2024 drinking water rule; their results are below.

EPA’s 2024 PFAS rule, compound by compound

PFASEPA’s limitResult
PFOA4.0 pptNot foundNot found in any of 10 samples
PFOS4.0 pptAbove the health goal1.8 ppt highest, found in 2 of 10 samples. Details
PFHxS10 pptNot foundNot found in any of 2 samples
PFNA10 pptNot foundNot found in any of 2 samples
HFPO-DA (GenX)10 pptNot foundNot found in any of 2 samples
PFBSIndex onlyBelow EPA’s limits4.9 ppt highest, found in 1 of 2 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 health goal3

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

10.7ppb

90th percentile, 1996

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 10.7 ppb, below 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

PFOS

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.8ppt

Highest sample, March 19, 2026; found in 2 of 10

2026 average: 1.8 ppt

The highest sample was 1.8 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 ppt, for the year to Dec. 31, 2024: 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 1.8 ppt.

What handles it

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.7 ppb, in 2020: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 4.1 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 3.4 ppb, in 2019.

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

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

7.7ppm

Highest sample; found in 52 of 52

2026 average: 5.9 ppm

The highest sample, in 2024, was 7.7 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its five samples averaged 5.9 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 7.2 ppm, in 2017.

What handles it

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

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

9.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 5.5 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 9.7 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 12.2 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 5.5 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 10.3 ppb, in 2012.

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

1.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.2 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 2.4 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its two samples.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

PFBS

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

4.9ppt

Highest sample, March 19, 2026; found in 1 of 2

2026 average: 2.5 ppt

The highest sample was 4.9 ppt, below EPA’s hazard index benchmark of 2,000 ppt. PFBS has no legal limit or health goal of its own. Its only year on file is 2026, when its two samples averaged 2.5 ppt.

What handles it

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

From routine monitoring

  • Chromium (total)
  • Fluoride
  • Uranium

PFAS, from Pennsylvania’s own monitoring

  • HFPO-DA (GenX)
  • PFHxS
  • PFNA
  • PFOA

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, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Lead, PFOS, Arsenic

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

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

    For: Lead, PFOS, 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 9 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), chromium (total), fluoride and uranium results here are Pennsylvania’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Liverpool 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 Feb. 6, 2020 to Oct. 1, 2026; Pennsylvania’s PFAS results run from March 21, 2024 to March 19, 2026.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Microbac Laboratories, Inc. - Harrisburg

    Harrisburg, PA · about 20 miles

    (570) 348-0775

  • H2O Environmental LLC

    Harrisburg, PA · about 25 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (717) 743-9310

  • ALS Environmental - Middletown

    Middletown, PA · about 31 miles

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

    (717) 944-5541

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 PA7500014. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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