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Soldier Water System

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

Serves
250 people
Connections
80
Water source
Surface water bought from another system
Based in
Reynoldsville, PA
County
Jefferson
Owner
Local government

The short answer

2 results are above EPA’s legal limit. The worst: Lead, above the action level. 3 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2013.

Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): Pennsylvania’s own results, samples taken from March 11, 2020 to Sept. 11, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit2

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the action level

16.2ppb

90th percentile, 2013

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 16.2 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

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

55.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 39.2 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 55.6 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 90.9 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its six samples averaged 39.2 ppb. EPA judges this limit at each sampling point, and recorded a violation for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility in 2023. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 57.6 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Below EPA’s limits1

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

60.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 42.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 60.1 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 116 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its six samples averaged 42.3 ppb. EPA recorded no violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 75 ppb, in 2016, and EPA recorded a violation in 2019.

What handles it

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

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.”

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

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)The running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2023 to June 30, 20230.061 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2019 to June 30, 20190.085 MG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 27 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are Pennsylvania’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Soldier Water System’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 11, 2020 to Sept. 11, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Soldier Water System’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.

No lab Pennsylvania certifies is within 75 miles of the area Soldier Water System serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

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 PA6330020. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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