Is Penn Valley Village Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water under surface influence
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Lancaster

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

180

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2006-03-01 → 2006-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2006-03-01 → 2006-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2006-03-01 → 2006-03-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2003-05-01 → 2003-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2003-04-01 → 2003-04-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1986-09-03 → 1986-10-02
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1986-07-01 → 1986-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1982-08-16 → 1982-09-15
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1982-05-21 → 1982-06-20
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30

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
Nitrate	4770 µg/L 48% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 5670 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	112 µg/L 8.6% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 116 µg/L	27/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	14.87 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15.5 µg/L	15/15	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	7.7 µg/L 51% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 9 µg/L	14/30	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	6.84 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.9 µg/L	13/13	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3 µg/L No EPA limit set	12/13	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	23.95 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 24.5 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	19.9 µg/L 33% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 20.7 µg/L	11/12	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	12.3 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13 µg/L	8/9	SYR4	2015–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	8 µg/L No EPA limit set	5/9	SYR4	2015–2019
Lead	0.0550 mg/L 367% above the EPA limit of 0.0150 mg/L	4/4	LCR	2010
Dibromoacetic Acid	1 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/9	SYR4	2015–2019

68 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-GammaBariumBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneFluorideGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: PMI
Phone: 717-730-4141

Frequently asked questions about Penn Valley Village

Is Penn Valley Village tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 12 contaminants in Penn Valley Village'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 Penn Valley Village's water?

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

How many people does Penn Valley Village serve?

Penn Valley Village reports serving 225 people in Pennsylvania, per its EPA record.

Has Penn Valley Village had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 180 violations on file for Penn Valley Village, of which 9 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.