Schuylkill County tap water
2 of 11 water systems serving Schuylkill County with full PFAS testing averaged above a 2024 federal PFAS level at one or more sampling points.
- 40 community water systems list this county as served; 11 serve 3,300+ people with full PFAS testing.
- 9 had a health-based violation since 2021-10-26.
Largest systems serving this county
| System | Source | People served (whole system) | PFAS above a 2024 level? | Violations since 2021-10-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schuylkill CO Mun Auth | Surface water | 31,850 | No | 0 |
| Aqua Shenandoah | Surface water | 9,500 | No | 0 |
| Tamaqua Area Water Authority | Surface water | 8,000 | No | 5 |
| Minersville Municipal Water Au | Surface water | 7,275 | No | 0 |
| Blythe Twp Municipal Authority | Surface water | 7,100 | No | 0 |
| Kline Township Mun Authority | Groundwater | 6,700 | No | 0 |
| Schuylkill Haven Boro Water | Surface water | 6,000 | No | 0 |
| Mahanoy Twp Auth | Surface water | 5,584 | No | 0 |
| PA Amer Water CO Frackville | Groundwater | 5,583 | Yes | 0 |
| Ashland Area Water Authority | Surface water | 4,200 | Yes | 0 |
| Hegins Hubley Authority | Groundwater | 3,870 | No | 0 |
Which one is yours? A county usually has several utilities. Your bill or your utility's annual water-quality report names yours. Population is for the whole system, which can cross county lines.
Not medical or legal advice. UCMR 5 results are screening data, not compliance determinations.
Sources and freshness
Public-water-system facts, violations and lead/copper results: EPA ECHO SDWA download (SDWIS snapshot 2026-10-13). PFAS and lithium results: EPA UCMR 5 final data (sampling 2023–2025). Both are U.S. government works, downloaded 2026-10-26. Numbers are computed by the published method; the same fields are in the open data files.