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Is Sharon, PA tap water safe?

Aqua PA Shenango Valley WTP serves Sharon, 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

Aqua PA Shenango Valley WTP serves Sharon. In EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records it has 1 result above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: PFOA at 2.5 ppt, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Aqua PA Shenango Valley WTP’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Sharon

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

  • Allegheny County Health Department Public Health Laboratory

    Warrendale, PA · about 44 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (412) 578-8070

  • Microbac Laboratories, Inc. Pittsburgh Division

    Warrendale, PA · about 44 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (724) 772-0610

  • Kevco Services, Inc

    Butler, PA · about 44 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (724) 586-6343

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 Sharon

Which ZIP codes are in Sharon: 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 Sharon

Other towns in Mercer County with a page of their own.

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