Water Utility

Summit Township Water Authority

Location Erie County, Pennsylvania,
PA
Serves 12,500
Source Purchased surface water
PWS ID PA6250090

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Arsenic

Potential Effect: Over Legal Limit
This Utility: 2.3 ppb Legal Limit: 10 ppb
576x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.004 ppb

Bromodichloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 9.44 ppb No Legal Limit
157x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb
This Utility: 1.93 ppb No Legal Limit
3.9x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.5 ppb

Chloroform

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 19.8 ppb No Legal Limit
49x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.4 ppb

Chromium (hexavalent)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.0677 ppb No Legal Limit
3.4x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.02 ppb
This Utility: 1.29 ppb No Legal Limit
43x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.03 ppb

Dibromochloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 6.28 ppb No Legal Limit
63x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 8.1 ppb No Legal Limit
41x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.2 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 16.2 ppb Legal Limit: 60 ppb
162x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 28.3 ppb No Legal Limit
471x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb

Radium, combined (-226 and -228)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1.05 ppb Legal Limit: 5 ppb
21x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.05 ppb

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 37.4 ppb Legal Limit: 80 ppb
249x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.15 ppb

Trichloroacetic acid

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 6.14 ppb No Legal Limit
61x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 0.0289 ppb Legal Limit: 70 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
20 ppb
This Utility: 210.3 ppb Legal Limit: 2000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
700 ppb
This Utility: 65.8 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
210 ppb
This Utility: 0.488 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm
This Utility: 28.3 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb
This Utility: 1.07 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
40 ppb
This Utility: 0.185 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
25 ppb
This Utility: 0.419 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
53 ppb

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.106 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppm
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppm
This Utility: 0.157 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1500 ppb
This Utility: 0.0575 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
21 ppb

Find a Filter

See which water filtration technologies are effective at reducing the contaminants detected in this utility's water supply.

Carbon Filters
Filters 10 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+3 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Lower upfront cost
  • Reduced maintenance
Cons
  • Does not remove all contaminants
Reverse Osmosis
Filters 13 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+8 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Most effective
Cons
  • Higher upfront cost
  • Requires more maintenance
  • Wastes water
Other Considerations
Ion Exchange
PROS: Softens hard water, Reduces some contaminants
CONS: Doesn't remove all contaminants
Whole-House Filters
PROS: Useful for reducing radiologicals and TCE
CONS: Expensive to install and maintain, Risk of bacterial contamination

Explore filter options for each contaminant. See which technologies are effective at reducing specific contaminants.

Contaminant Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Ion Exchange
Contaminants Above Health Guidelines
Arsenic
Bromodichloromethane
Bromoform
Chloroform
Chromium (hexavalent)*
Dibromoacetic acid
Dibromochloromethane
Dichloroacetic acid
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*
Radium, combined (-226 and -228)
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Trichloroacetic acid
Other Contaminants Detected
2,4-D
Barium
Chlorate*
Fluoride
Manganese
Molybdenum
Monobromoacetic acid*
Monochloroacetic acid
Nitrate
Strontium*
Vanadium*

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