PA Amer Water Co Fallbrook
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
- 2,851 people
- Connections
- 909
- Water source
- Surface water
- Based in
- Wilkes Barre, PA
- County
- Lackawanna
- Owner
- Private
The ZIP code it serves
The short answer
Nothing in EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers PFAS; nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; and lead and copper, not everything. No health-based violations on file since 2016.
What was found
PFAS: Pennsylvania’s own results under its PFAS rule, entry point samples taken from Feb. 14, 2024 to July 23, 2026.
Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, arsenic, chromium (total), fluoride and uranium: Pennsylvania’s own results, samples taken from Feb. 5, 2020 to Aug. 3, 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.
EPA’s 2024 PFAS rule, compound by compound
| PFAS | EPA’s limit | Result |
|---|---|---|
| PFOA | 4.0 ppt | Not foundNot found in any of 7 samples |
| PFOS | 4.0 ppt | Not foundNot found in any of 7 samples |
| PFHxS | 10 ppt | Not foundNot found in any of 3 samples |
| PFNA | 10 ppt | Not foundNot found in any of 3 samples |
| HFPO-DA (GenX) | 10 ppt | Not foundNot found in any of 3 samples |
| PFBS | Index only | Not foundNot found in any of 3 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. | ||
Below EPA’s limits3
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Forms or is added in treatment
40.2ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026
2026 average: 23.1 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 40.2 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 66.9 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 23.1 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 38.8 ppb, in 2018.
What handles it
No certification claim covers this compound yet.
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Forms or is added in treatment
39.1ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026
2026 average: 32 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 39.1 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 74 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 32 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 55.3 ppb, in 2012.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
Nitrate
Comes from the source
0.06ppm
Highest sample; found in 5 of 7
2026: not found
The highest sample, in 2025, was 0.06 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. 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 sample of 0.15 ppm, in 2013.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
11 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
- Arsenic
- Chromium (total)
- Fluoride
- Lead
- Uranium
PFAS, from Pennsylvania’s own monitoring
- HFPO-DA (GenX)
- PFBS
- PFHxS
- PFNA
- PFOA
- PFOS
Violations since 2016
No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.
What this report can’t tell you
Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, arsenic, chromium (total), fluoride and uranium results here are Pennsylvania’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. PA Amer Water Co Fallbrook’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. 5, 2020 to Aug. 3, 2026; Pennsylvania’s PFAS results run from Feb. 14, 2024 to July 23, 2026.
Testing your own tap
The 3 labs Pennsylvania certifies closest to the area PA Amer Water Co Fallbrook serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Princeton Analytical Labs
Dunmore, PA · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Microbac Laboratories, Inc. - Pittston
Pittston, PA · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
A E Kirby Memorial Health Center
Wilkes-Barre, PA · about 30 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
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 PennsylvaniaSources
- EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, file of Oct. 15, 2026
- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Drinking Water Reporting System, PFAS results read Oct. 17, 2026
- EPA SDWA bulk download (SDWIS federal data), 2026 Q3
- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Drinking Water Reporting System, results from Jan. 2, 2020 to Oct. 8, 2026, read Oct. 17, 2026
- EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, file of Feb. 5, 2024
- Certified labs: Pennsylvania DEP Laboratory Accreditation Program, accredited labs for drinking water, read Oct. 11, 2026; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer
- Limits and goals: each contaminant’s page, with its EPA source.
- How this page is built: methodology.
PWSID PA2359006. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.
What to do next
- Nothing here is above a health goalIn EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records for this utility. They don’t cover everything, which is why the next step matters.Every contaminant TapBuff tracks
- Get the utility’s own reportPA Amer Water Co Fallbrook must send you a water quality report every year. It covers contaminants this page does not show.How to read it
- Test your own tap for leadYour service line, solder and fixtures decide the lead at your faucet, not the utility’s average.Lead in your water: what to do
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded