Pike County Correctional Facil
What EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records show in this utility’s water: PFAS; nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.
- Serves
- 500 people
- Connections
- 7
- Water source
- Groundwater
- Based in
- Lords Valley, PA
- County
- Pike
- Owner
- Local government
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, plus nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, not everything. 3 health-based violations since 2016.
What was found
PFAS: Pennsylvania’s own results under its PFAS rule, entry point samples taken from March 13, 2024 to June 17, 2025.
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate, arsenic, chromium (total) and uranium: Pennsylvania’s own results, samples taken from Aug. 12, 2020 to Aug. 10, 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 12 PFAS tested for was found either.
EPA’s 2024 PFAS rule, compound by compound
| PFAS | EPA’s limit | Result |
|---|---|---|
| PFOA | 4.0 ppt | Not foundNot found in any of 5 samples |
| PFOS | 4.0 ppt | Not foundNot found in any of 5 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 limits4
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Forms or is added in treatment
39.1ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026
2026 average: 23.9 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 39.1 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its two samples averaged 23.9 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 19.7 ppb, in 2015.
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
15.4ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026
Averaged by year, the highest was 15.4 ppb, in 2026, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 17.9 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.3 ppb, in 2015.
What handles it
No certification claim covers this compound yet.
Fluoride
Forms or is added in treatment
0.1ppm
Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024
Averaged by year, the highest was 0.1 ppm, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Fluoride Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Fluoride”
Nitrate
Comes from the source
0.083ppm
Highest sample; found in 1 of 6
2025: not found
The highest sample, in 2021, was 0.083 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2025, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
21 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)
- Uranium
PFAS, from Pennsylvania’s own monitoring
- 11Cl-PF3OUdS
- 9Cl-PF3ONS
- ADONA
- HFPO-DA (GenX)
- NEtFOSAA
- NMeFOSAA
- PFBS
- PFDA
- PFDoA
- PFHpA
- PFHxA
- PFHxS
- PFNA
- PFOA
- PFOS
- PFTA
- PFTrDA
- PFUnA
Violations since 2016
| Contaminant or rule | Type | Period | Measured | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Coliform results required a check of the system, and the check or its fixes were not done on time.EPA: Treatment Technique, Level 1 Assessment (RTCR) | July 14, 2025 | — | Resolved |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Coliform or E. coli results required a detailed review of the system, and it or its fixes were not done on time.EPA: Treatment Technique, Level 2 Assessment (RTCR) | Jan. 12, 2019 | — | Resolved |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Coliform results required a check of the system, and the check or its fixes were not done on time.EPA: Treatment Technique, Level 1 Assessment (RTCR) | Aug. 7, 2018 | — | Resolved |
| Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 47 monitoring or reporting violations not shown. | ||||
What this report can’t tell you
Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, nitrate, arsenic, chromium (total) and uranium results here are Pennsylvania’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Pike County Correctional Facil’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 Aug. 12, 2020 to Aug. 10, 2026; Pennsylvania’s PFAS results run from March 13, 2024 to June 17, 2025.
Testing your own tap
The 3 labs Pennsylvania certifies closest to the area Pike County Correctional Facil 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 27 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
AG Environmental RSC LLC
Ferndale, NY · about 30 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, radioactivity
Microbac Laboratories, Inc. - Pittston
Pittston, PA · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
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 PA2520107. 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 reportPike County Correctional Facil 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