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Milford Twp Munic Auth

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

Serves
75 people
Connections
32
Water source
Groundwater bought from another system
Based in
Rockwood, PA
County
Somerset
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

15557

The short answer

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

What was found

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and nitrate: Pennsylvania’s own results, samples taken from July 14, 2021 to July 15, 2025, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Below EPA’s limits1

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

11.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2025

2025, one sample: 10.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 11.5 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, its one sample was 10.4 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 9.9 ppb, in 2012.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
  • Nitrate

Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 2 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and nitrate results here are Pennsylvania’s own from 2021 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Milford Twp Munic 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 July 14, 2021 to July 15, 2025.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Geochemical Testing

    Somerset, PA · about 9 miles

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

    (814) 443-1671

  • US Micro-Solutions Inc

    Latrobe, PA · about 26 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (724) 853-4047

  • Pace Analytical Services LLC - Greensburg PA

    Greensburg, PA · about 32 miles

    Certified for metals, radioactivity

    (724) 850-5600

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 PA4560014. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.