ALTOONA WATER AUTHORITY

ALTOONA, PA · ~62,500 people served

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100

Excellent

PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

PA4070023

State

Pennsylvania

City

ALTOONA

Population served

62,500

Primary source

Surface water

Score history

No change since tracking began Jun 18, 2026.

Jun 18, 2026 · score 100 Jun 18, 2026 · score 100

2 score updates logged since tracking began Jun 18, 2026. Each future EPA re-score adds a point.

PFAS & contaminant readings

No PFAS detections are on record for this system from EPA’s UCMR5 monitoring (2023–25). Absence of a detection isn’t a guarantee — not every system was sampled, and this dataset doesn’t cover other contaminants.

Violations & enforcement

262

Violations on record

Unaddressed

Health-based

227

Enforcement actions

From EPA ECHO (SDWIS), most recent enforcement Oct 2025. Official EPA record →

Other · EPA contaminant 7500 began Sep 2025 Resolved

Reporting · Lead & Copper Rule began Aug 2025 Resolved

Treatment technique · Lead & Copper Rule health-based began Aug 2025 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Bromate began Jan 2024 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Bromate began Oct 2023 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Haloacetic acids (HAA5) began Oct 2023 Resolved

Monitoring · Lead & Copper Rule began Sep 2023 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 1085 began Oct 2022 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Bromate began Jul 2022 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 1085 began Jul 2022 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

State action · SOX Oct 2025
State action · SIF Oct 2025
State action · SOX May 2024
State action · SOX May 2024
State action · SIA May 2024
State action · SIF May 2024
State action · SOX May 2024
State action · SOX Nov 2023

Area water-quality monitoring

Environmental monitoring (rivers, wells, intakes) recorded in this system’s service area in the EPA/USGS Water Quality Portal since 2018 — source/ambient water, not finished tap water. Context for the watershed, not a reading from your tap.

ContaminantMedian · max · samples

Manganese

5 stations · latest Jul 2024

0.0281 · max 21.6 mg/L · 24

Nitrate

2 stations · latest Aug 2024

0.54 · max 1.2 mg/L · 13

Copper

2 stations · latest Aug 2024

3.54 · max 13.9 ug/L · 9

Source: Water Quality Portal (EPA/USGS/state agencies). Values are as-reported and aren’t health thresholds.

This profile is built from EPA public records for system PA4070023 — SDWIS violations and UCMR5 PFAS sampling. The score is system-level and can’t account for your home’s plumbing (older pipes can add lead at the tap). For health decisions, check your exact address, read the utility’s Consumer Confidence Report, and confirm with your provider.