Is Hazleton, PA tap water safe?
The short answer
Hca Hazleton Division serves Hazleton. In EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records it has nothing above a health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.
That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
The water from Hca Hazleton Division is soft, 16 mg/L (0.9 grains per gallon). How Pennsylvania’s water compares.
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.
Water testing near Hazleton
The 3 labs Pennsylvania certifies closest to Hazleton, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
HawkMtn Labs Inc
Hazle Township, PA · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
A E Kirby Memorial Health Center
Wilkes-Barre, PA · about 21 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Eurofins Drinking Water and Wastewater Northeast, LLC
Pottsville, PA · about 25 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 Hazleton
Which ZIP codes are in Hazleton: 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 Hazleton
Other towns in Luzerne County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Hca Hazleton Division’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