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Is Swarthmore, PA tap water safe?

Aqua PA Main System serves Swarthmore, 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 Main System serves Swarthmore. In EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records it has 3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and 2 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: PFOA at 13 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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 Main System’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Swarthmore

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

  • Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.

    Bryn Mawr, PA · about 9 miles

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

    (610) 525-1400

  • Brandywine Science Center

    Kennett Square, PA · about 19 miles

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

    (610) 444-9850

  • Eurofins Built Environment Testing East - Cherry Hill

    Cherry Hill, NJ · about 20 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals, asbestos

    (856) 231-9449

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 Swarthmore

Which ZIP codes are in Swarthmore: 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 Swarthmore

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