Is Lykens Boro Auth Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

653

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-01 → 2024-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-01 → 2024-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-01 → 2024-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-01 → 2024-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
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
Copper	2002.5 µg/L 154% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 2530 µg/L	80/80	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	52.92 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 85 µg/L	63/63	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	57.14 µg/L 71% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 91.5 µg/L	63/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	58.54 µg/L 98% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 72.3 µg/L	63/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	5.86 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.5 µg/L	62/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	1570 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	18/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.056 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.08 µg/L	17/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	31.5 µg/L 1.6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 32 µg/L	11/11	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	19.545 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 24.9 µg/L	10/10	SYR4	2018–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	27.66 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 34.9 µg/L	9/10	SYR4	2018–2019
Lead	2.26 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 2.4 µg/L	8/40	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0136 mg/L 91% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	3/3	LCR	1996
Chromium	1 µg/L 1% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	2/11	SYR4	2012–2019
Ethylbenzene	0.5950 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 700 µg/L worst single sample: 0.6000 µg/L	2/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	2.38 µg/L 4.8% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 2.4 µg/L	2/11	SYR4	2012–2019
Xylenes, Total	2.6 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	2/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Cyanide	8 µg/L 4% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	1/11	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.16 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/10	SYR4	2018–2019
Toluene	0.7350 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	1/16	SYR4	2012–2019

61 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane2,3,7,8-TCDD2,4,5-TP2,4-DAntimony, TotalArsenicAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDibromoacetic AcidDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinFluorideGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: Nathan Pendal
Phone: 717-856-2185

Frequently asked questions about Lykens Boro Auth

Is Lykens Boro Auth tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 19 contaminants in Lykens Boro 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 Lykens Boro Auth's water?

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

How many people does Lykens Boro Auth serve?

Lykens Boro Auth reports serving 3,220 people in Pennsylvania, per its EPA record.

Has Lykens Boro Auth had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 653 violations on file for Lykens Boro Auth, of which 62 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.