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Portersville tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Portersville. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Portersville is served by 1 active community water system, together reported to serve about 460 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 35 violations across the community water system(s) serving Portersville, going back to the earliest EPA record. 1 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Lake Arthur Estates
460 served · groundwater · PWSID PA5100054 - Health-based Groundwater Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in September 2025. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between April 2008 and January 2026. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Groundwater Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between August 2024 and January 2026. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Radium-226: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Radium-228: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2024. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2024. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Nitrite: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between January 2022 and January 2024. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Nitrate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between July 2004 and July 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.