Is Pa American Water Steelton 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.

131

health-based violations

225

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-01-01 → 2018-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-12-11
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-12-11
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-12-11
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2017-12-11
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-10-01 → 2017-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2017-10-01 → 2017-12-31

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	20.825 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27.4 µg/L	86/86	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	104.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 150 µg/L	86/86	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	121 µg/L 151% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 171 µg/L	85/85	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	112 µg/L 187% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 246 µg/L	81/81	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	7.37 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.1 µg/L	79/85	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	200.5 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 360 µg/L	60/60	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate	1700 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	48.87 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 53 µg/L	15/15	SYR4	2018–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	32.07 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 39 µg/L	15/15	SYR4	2018–2019
Lead	0.0017 mg/L 11% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2024
Barium	26.95 µg/L 1.3% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 28 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	13.605 µg/L 91% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 17 µg/L	8/60	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	1.101 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	7/82	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	8.61 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.3 µg/L	7/15	SYR4	2018–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	4.29 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.4 µg/L	2/15	SYR4	2018–2019
Cyanide	4.1 µg/L 2.1% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	0.2200 µg/L 0.4% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2014–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/15	SYR4	2018–2019
Selenium	6.9 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/8	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, TotalArsenicAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneFluorideGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ROBERT TROUTMAN
Phone: 717-914-9030

Frequently asked questions about Pa American Water Steelton

Is Pa American Water Steelton tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 19 contaminants in Pa American Water Steelton'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 Pa American Water Steelton's water?

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

How many people does Pa American Water Steelton serve?

Pa American Water Steelton reports serving 6,428 people in Pennsylvania, per its EPA record.

Has Pa American Water Steelton had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 225 violations on file for Pa American Water Steelton, of which 131 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.