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Wheatfield Village

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

Serves
35 people
Connections
17
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Milford, PA
County
Pike
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

18302

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 2 more are above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the action level. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

PFAS: Pennsylvania’s own results under its PFAS rule, entry point samples taken from Feb. 18, 2025 to Feb. 18, 2025.

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 1993 to 2019.

Copper: EPA’s file records a utility’s copper only when it exceeds the action level. The last here was 2.1 ppm, for the period ending Sept. 30, 2019. None since is on file, so it is not counted as a current finding.

Nitrate, haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, arsenic, chromium (total) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): Pennsylvania’s own results, samples taken from June 8, 2020 to Oct. 9, 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Uranium: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Oct. 18, 2016 to Oct. 18, 2016. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

PFAS: PFOA, PFOS and PFBS were found, of the six PFAS in EPA’s 2024 drinking water rule; their results are below. One other PFAS with no federal limit was found, the highest PFHxA at 2.6 ppt: see it below.

EPA’s 2024 PFAS rule, compound by compound

PFASEPA’s limitResult
PFOA4.0 pptAbove the health goal3.9 ppt highest, found in 1 of 1 samples. Details
PFOS4.0 pptAbove the health goal2.0 ppt highest, found in 1 of 1 samples. Details
PFHxS10 pptNot foundNot found in its one sample
PFNA10 pptNot foundNot found in its one sample
HFPO-DA (GenX)10 pptNot foundNot found in its one sample
PFBSIndex onlyBelow EPA’s limits2.4 ppt highest, found in 1 of 1 samples. Details
Results from Pennsylvania’s own PFAS monitoring, samples where water enters the pipes; each compound’s card has its four-quarter averages, the way limits are judged. The limits are EPA’s 2024 rule, with compliance due from 2029; EPA has since proposed changes to some of them, explained on each compound’s page. Pennsylvania’s own limits for PFOA and PFOS are in force now. PFBS has no limit of its own and counts only toward EPA’s Hazard Index, which TapBuff works out only from UCMR 5’s averages, so it isn’t given here.

About PFAS certifications

NSF’s PFAS claims are tested to below 20 ppt. EPA’s limit is 4.0 ppt, and EPA says no certification yet shows a filter reaching its levels.

Above the legal limit1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the action level

184ppb

90th percentile, 2019

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 184 ppb, above EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027, and this result is at or above that. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Above the health goal2

PFOA

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

3.9ppt

One sample, Feb. 18, 2025

2025, one sample: 3.9 ppt

The sample was 3.9 ppt: below EPA’s new limit of 4.0 ppt, which takes effect in 2029, but above its health goal of zero. No entry point has four quarters of results in a row to average, the way both Pennsylvania’s limit and EPA’s are judged. Its only year on file is 2025, when its one sample was 3.9 ppt.

What handles it

PFOS

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

2.0ppt

One sample, Feb. 18, 2025

2025, one sample: 2.0 ppt

The sample was 2.0 ppt: below EPA’s new limit of 4.0 ppt, which takes effect in 2029, but above its health goal of zero. No entry point has four quarters of results in a row to average, the way both Pennsylvania’s limit and EPA’s are judged. Its only year on file is 2025, when its one sample was 2.0 ppt.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.5ppm

Highest sample; found in 5 of 5

2024, one sample: 0.94 ppm

The highest sample, in 2021, was 1.5 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.94 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 2.9 ppm, in 2013.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

5.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022

Averaged by year, the highest was 5.2 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.1 ppb, in 2016.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.06ppm

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.06 ppm, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

PFBS

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

2.4ppt

One sample, Feb. 18, 2025

2025, one sample: 2.4 ppt

The sample was 2.4 ppt, below EPA’s hazard index benchmark of 2,000 ppt. PFBS has no legal limit or health goal of its own. Its only year on file is 2025, when its one sample was 2.4 ppt.

What handles it

Also found, with no federal limit

EPA measured these PFAS to learn how often they occur. None has a legal limit or a health goal yet.

CompoundHighest sampleFound inCertification claim
PFHxA2.6 ppt1 of 1None covers it
18 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.

From routine monitoring

  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
  • Uranium

PFAS, from Pennsylvania’s own monitoring

  • 11Cl-PF3OUdS
  • 9Cl-PF3ONS
  • ADONA
  • HFPO-DA (GenX)
  • NEtFOSAA
  • NMeFOSAA
  • PFDA
  • PFDoA
  • PFHpA
  • PFHxS
  • PFNA
  • PFTA
  • PFTrDA
  • PFUnA

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.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Lead Reduction, PFOA Reduction, PFOS Reduction

    For: Lead, PFOA, PFOS

    Other certifiers’ wording: Total PFAS Reduction; Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA); Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Lead Reduction, Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS)

    For: Lead, PFOA, PFOS

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. There are 167 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Nitrate, haloacetic acids (HAA5), fluoride, arsenic, chromium (total) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are Pennsylvania’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Uranium comes from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Wheatfield Village’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and 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 June 8, 2020 to Oct. 9, 2024; EPA’s compliance samples are from Oct. 18, 2016 to Oct. 18, 2016; Pennsylvania’s PFAS results run from Feb. 18, 2025 to Feb. 18, 2025.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Eurofins Philadelphia - Wind Gap

    Wind Gap, PA · about 21 miles

    (215) 355-3900

  • ABE Laboratories LLC

    Bath, PA · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (610) 837-7721

  • Microbac Laboratories, Inc. - Pittston

    Pittston, PA · about 36 miles

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

    (570) 348-0775

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 PA2520087. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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