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Tamaqua tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Tamaqua. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Tamaqua is served by 1 active community water system, together reported to serve about 8,000 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 90 violations across the community water system(s) serving Tamaqua, going back to the earliest EPA record. 19 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
Tamaqua Area Water Authority
8,000 served · surface water · PWSID PA3540012 - Health-based Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 11 times between October 2023 and July 2024. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Surface Water Treatment Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 8 times between November 2020 and November 2021. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 12 times between January 2021 and October 2024. 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 10 times between July 2003 and October 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 12 times between March 2019 and September 2023. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 13 times between March 2019 and April 2023. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Chlorine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 12 times between January 2019 and February 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring CARBON, TOTAL: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 7 times between July 2016 and October 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in October 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 2,3,7,8-TCDD: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2020. 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.