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Vernon Twp Water Authority

What EPA’s and Pennsylvania’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
1,500 people
Connections
470
Water source
Groundwater bought from another system
Based in
Meadville, PA
County
Crawford
Owner
Local government
The 2 ZIP codes it serves

16316, 16335

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 1993.

Copper: EPA’s file records a utility’s copper only when it exceeds the action level. The last here was 1.4 ppm, for the period ending Dec. 31, 1993. None since is on file, so it is not counted as a current finding.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5): Pennsylvania’s own results, samples taken from Sept. 10, 2020 to Sept. 9, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

6.0ppb

90th percentile, 1993

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 6.0 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits2

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

39.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026, one sample: 20.5 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 39.1 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 42.9 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 20.5 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 41.7 ppb, in 2016.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

6.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 6.2 ppb, in 2026, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 8.3 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 9.3 ppb, in 2016.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) results here are Pennsylvania’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Vernon Twp Water Authority’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; Pennsylvania’s results run from Sept. 10, 2020 to Sept. 9, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Vernon Twp Water Authority’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Pennsylvania certifies.

The 3 labs Pennsylvania certifies closest to the area Vernon Twp Water Authority serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Presque Isle Water Testing

    Erie, PA · about 31 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (814) 636-0555

  • Free-Col Laboratory

    Erie, PA · about 36 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (814) 460-0861

  • Microbac Laboratories, Inc - Erie Division

    Erie, PA · about 37 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (814) 825-8533

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

Sources

PWSID PA6200072. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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