Is Aqua Pa Barrett Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Luzerne

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

143

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-01-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-01-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-01-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-01-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-07-01 → 2021-09-30

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
Copper	825 µg/L 63% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 930 µg/L	15/15	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0050 mg/L 33% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	4/4	LCR	1996
Lead	5.59 µg/L 37% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 6.1 µg/L	4/15	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	7.745 µg/L 9.7% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 8.3 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2012–2018
Arsenic	5.31 µg/L 53% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 5.6 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Barium	51.7 µg/L 2.6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 52 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Chloroform	6.6 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2014–2018
Chromium	2.35 µg/L 2.4% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 2.4 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	4.95 µg/L 8.3% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 5.1 µg/L	3/4	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromodichloromethane	1.29 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.3 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2018
Combined Uranium	2.77028 µg/L 9.2% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 2.79524 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	0.5000 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/2	SYR4	2014–2018
Dichloroacetic Acid	3.6 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/1	SYR4	2018
Selenium	1.3 µg/L 2.6% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Trichloroacetic Acid	1.5 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/1	SYR4	2018

64 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, TotalAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDibromoacetic AcidDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneFluorideGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNitrateNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: DAVID HOOGSTAD
Phone: 570-443-7099

Frequently asked questions about Aqua Pa Barrett

Is Aqua Pa Barrett tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in Aqua Pa Barrett'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 Aqua Pa Barrett's water?

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

How many people does Aqua Pa Barrett serve?

Aqua Pa Barrett reports serving 107 people in Pennsylvania, per its EPA record.

Has Aqua Pa Barrett had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 143 violations on file for Aqua Pa Barrett, of which 0 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.