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Is Donora, PA tap water safe?

Auth of Boro of Charleroi serves Donora, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Auth of Boro of Charleroi serves Donora. In EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records it has 1 result above the legal limit and 2 results above the health goal, and 6 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 62.6 ppb, above the legal limit.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Auth of Boro of Charleroi’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Donora

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 Donora, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC-Van Voorhis

    Van Voorhis, PA · about 6 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (724) 463-8378

  • RJ Lee Group, Inc.

    Monroeville, PA · about 18 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, PFAS, asbestos

    (724) 325-1776

  • Pace Analytical Services LLC - Greensburg PA

    Greensburg, PA · about 20 miles

    Certified for metals, radioactivity

    (724) 850-5600

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 Donora

Which ZIP codes are in Donora: 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 Donora

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