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Is Brodheadsville, PA tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Brodheadsville, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

2 of the 3 utilities serving Brodheadsville have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records: Edgewood at Countryside Apts and Brookmont Health Care Center.

Edgewood at Countryside Apts, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the action level and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: Copper at 1.4 ppm, above the action level.

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 Brodheadsville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Edgewood at Countryside Apts’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Brodheadsville

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Pennsylvania certifies.

The 3 labs Pennsylvania certifies closest to Brodheadsville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Eurofins Philadelphia - Wind Gap

    Wind Gap, PA · about 7 miles

    (215) 355-3900

  • ABE Laboratories LLC

    Bath, PA · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (610) 837-7721

  • Microbac Laboratories, Inc. - Pittston

    Pittston, PA · about 32 miles

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

    (570) 348-0775

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

ZIP codes in Brodheadsville

Which ZIP codes are in Brodheadsville: 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 Brodheadsville

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