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Water system · PWSID PA4140080

BOROUGH OF HOWARD

100
Excellent
PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

PA4140080

State

Pennsylvania

City

HOWARD

Population served

1,001

Primary source

Groundwater

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

88

Violations on record

0

Unaddressed

1

Health-based

46

Enforcement actions

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

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 0700 began Dec 2024 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 0700 began Oct 2024 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · Gross alpha began Oct 2024 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · Gross alpha began Oct 2024 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 4020 began Oct 2024 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 4030 began Oct 2024 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2306 began Jan 2024 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · Haloacetic acids (HAA5) began Jul 2023 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) began Jul 2023 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2383 began Oct 2020 Resolved
Other · EPA contaminant 7000 began Oct 2020 Resolved
Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 2383 began Oct 2020 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

  • State action · SIF May 2025
  • State action · SOX May 2025
  • State action · SOX Mar 2025
  • State action · SIA Mar 2025
  • State action · SIE Mar 2025
  • State action · SIA Jan 2025
  • State action · SIE Jan 2025
  • State action · SOX Dec 2024

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

4 stations · latest Mar 2025

5.3 · max 57.4 ug/L · 60

Copper

2 stations · latest Jan 2025

0.829 · max 3.23 ug/L · 11

Nitrate

1 station · latest Nov 2020

3.55 · max 5.01 mg/L · 5

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 PA4140080 — 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.