Is Avonia, PA tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 4 utilities serving Avonia have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records: Fairview Twp Water Auth Dist 3 and Erie City Water Authority.
Fairview Twp Water Auth Dist 3, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Avonia’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Fairview Twp Water Auth Dist 3
Pennsylvania · serves 3,320 people · about 360 in Avonia
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Fairview Twp Water District 1
Pennsylvania · serves 4,500 people · about 300 in Avonia
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Erie City Water Authority
Pennsylvania · serves 220,001 people · about 140 in Avonia
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.1 ppb, above the health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Millfair Heights Water System
Pennsylvania · serves 390 people · under 100 in Avonia
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 4.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Avonia
The 3 labs Pennsylvania certifies closest to Avonia, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Presque Isle Water Testing
Erie, PA · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Free-Col Laboratory
Erie, PA · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Microbac Laboratories, Inc - Erie Division
Erie, PA · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria
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 PennsylvaniaZIP codes in Avonia
Which ZIP codes are in Avonia: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Pennsylvania DEP Laboratory Accreditation Program, accredited labs for drinking water; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Avonia
Other towns in Erie County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Fairview Twp Water Auth Dist 3’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- 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
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water