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What is in the water at 17022

3 public water systems serve this ZIP code in the federal records. Everything below comes from EPA monitoring data, and everything missing is named.

PA AMER WATER CO

PWSID PA7220017 · PA · serves 50,200 people

PFAS and lithium

6 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 12 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
lithium11 µg/L27/17/2024
PFPeA0.0069 µg/L37/17/2024
PFBA0.0067 µg/L17/17/2024
PFHxA0.0057 µg/L27/17/2024
PFOA0.0043 µg/L17/17/2024
PFBS0.0039 µg/L37/17/2024

A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.

Health-based violations

No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.

Hardness

Median hardness 93 mg/L as CaCO₃, measured at 3 stations serving this system across 225 results, 2015-01-15 to 2025-10-07. Measured in the water source and distribution area, not at a tap, and not in your home.

MASONIC HOMES

PWSID PA7360025 · PA

PFAS and lithium

4 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 5 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
lithium16 µg/L29/22/2025
PFOA0.0048 µg/L19/22/2025
PFHxA0.0031 µg/L19/22/2025
PFBS0.003 µg/L19/22/2025

A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.

Health-based violations

No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.

Hardness

No hardness measurement. Hardness is measured at environmental monitoring stations, and none fell inside this system’s service area. That is a gap in where monitoring happens, not a finding about the water.

ELIZABETHTOWN AREA WATER

PWSID PA7360124 · PA · serves 19,000 people

PFAS and lithium

6 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 25 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
lithium17 µg/L87/15/2024
PFBA0.012 µg/L17/15/2024
PFBS0.006 µg/L67/15/2024
PFOS0.0057 µg/L37/15/2024
PFHxA0.0046 µg/L37/15/2024
PFPeA0.0045 µg/L47/15/2024

A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.

Health-based violations

No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.

Hardness

No hardness measurement. Hardness is measured at environmental monitoring stations, and none fell inside this system’s service area. That is a gap in where monitoring happens, not a finding about the water.

What this report cannot tell you

Every figure describes water at a sampling point: a treatment plant, an entry point to the distribution system, or a monitoring station. None of it describes water arriving at your tap. Plumbing between the two can add lead and copper, and if your home was built before 1986 a test kit tells you something no federal dataset can.

Sources: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence (final release, frozen July 2026) · EPA SDWIS health-based violations · USGS and state monitoring via the Water Quality Portal · EPA Public Water System Service Area Boundaries v3. Compiled 2026-09-01.