Is Jackson Twp Water Auth Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Cambria

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.

162

health-based violations

295

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-10-01 → 2022-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-10-01 → 2022-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-10-01 → 2022-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-10-01 → 2022-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-04-01 → 2022-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2022-04-01 → 2022-06-30

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	10.985 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.8 µg/L	64/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	109.376 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 139 µg/L	64/64	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	119.929 µg/L 150% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 152 µg/L	64/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	171.5 µg/L 286% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 390 µg/L	62/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	151.75 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 297 µg/L	40/40	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.561 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.91 µg/L	20/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	95 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 98 µg/L	16/17	SYR4	2015–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	98.775 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 120 µg/L	16/17	SYR4	2015–2019
Lead	0.0022 mg/L 14% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2025
Monochloroacetic Acid	277.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 290 µg/L	6/17	SYR4	2015–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	0.4400 µg/L No EPA limit set	2/17	SYR4	2015–2019
Lead	9.67 µg/L 64% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 10 µg/L	2/30	SYR4	2013–2019

2 contaminants tested, none detected

BromoformMonobromoacetic Acid

Utility contact

Contact: ROBB PIPER
Phone: 814-322-1262

Frequently asked questions about Jackson Twp Water Auth

Is Jackson Twp Water Auth tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 12 contaminants in Jackson Twp Water Auth'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 Jackson Twp Water Auth's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Copper, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Jackson Twp Water Auth serve?

Jackson Twp Water Auth reports serving 4,236 people in Pennsylvania, per its EPA record.

Has Jackson Twp Water Auth had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 295 violations on file for Jackson Twp Water Auth, of which 162 are 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.