Is Blythe Twp Municipal Authority Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Schuylkill

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

101

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1992-01-01 → 1995-12-15
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-07-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-07-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-07-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-07-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-06-01 → 2024-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-06-01 → 2024-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-06-01 → 2024-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-06-01 → 2024-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Bromodichloromethane	3.6875 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.02 µg/L	62/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	54.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 75.4 µg/L	62/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	346.4 µg/L 27% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 599 µg/L	60/60	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	57.39 µg/L 72% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 78 µg/L	48/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	11.55 µg/L 77% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 14.8 µg/L	39/60	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	39.11 µg/L 65% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 46.7 µg/L	38/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	31.69 µg/L 1.6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 33.9 µg/L	18/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	26.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27 µg/L	13/14	SYR4	2017–2019
Lead	0.0038 mg/L 25% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	12/12	LCR	2025
Trichloroacetic Acid	22 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 23 µg/L	11/14	SYR4	2017–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.8325 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.9 µg/L	10/55	SYR4	2012–2019
Cadmium	0.2825 µg/L 5.6% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.3200 µg/L	6/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Beryllium, Total	0.1776 µg/L 4.4% of the EPA limit 4 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1820 µg/L	5/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Mercury	0.0982 µg/L 4.9% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1050 µg/L	3/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	1.7586 µg/L 3.5% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 1.9 µg/L	3/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	0.6307 µg/L 0.6% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 0.6450 µg/L	2/24	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	64 µg/L 1.6% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	1/24	SYR4	2012–2019

91 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,3,7,8-TCDD2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDibromoacetic AcidDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitrateNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: JUSTIN DEANGELO,
Phone: 570-277-6921

Frequently asked questions about Blythe Twp Municipal Authority

Is Blythe Twp Municipal Authority tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 17 contaminants in Blythe Twp Municipal Authority's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Blythe Twp Municipal Authority's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Copper, TTHM, Lead, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Blythe Twp Municipal Authority serve?

Blythe Twp Municipal Authority reports serving 7,100 people in Pennsylvania, per its EPA record.

Has Blythe Twp Municipal Authority had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 101 violations on file for Blythe Twp Municipal Authority, of which 1 is health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.