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Water hardness in Palmerton

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Palmerton, Pennsylvania.

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
1
Active health records
0

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Palmerton Municipal Authority

PA3130012 · Groundwater · 7,000 people served system-wide

A municipal system, in-state city, and served county all agree with this Census ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jun 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level
Reported level
1.45 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

112% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jul 1, 1992 to Dec 31, 1992

Violation history (40)
Imported violation history for Palmerton Municipal Authority
RuleStatusPeriod
Groundwater RuleArchivedDec 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Groundwater RuleResolvedFeb 1, 2024 to Feb 29, 2024
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedDec 11, 2023 to Jun 10, 2024
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedOct 1, 2022 to Jul 18, 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022
TTHMResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022
Groundwater RuleResolvedFeb 1, 2022 to Feb 28, 2022
Groundwater RuleResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Jan 31, 2022
NitrateResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
DICHLOROMETHANEResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
o-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
p-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,1-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,2-DichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Carbon tetrachlorideResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
TrichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
TetrachloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
CHLOROBENZENEResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
EthylbenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
StyreneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
NitrateResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
BenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
TolueneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
NitriteResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
NitriteResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,2-DichloropropaneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Xylenes, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,1,1-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
ChromiumResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
MercuryResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
NickelResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Beryllium, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
CadmiumResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
SeleniumResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
ArsenicResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
BariumResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Palmerton has 1 published ZIP profile across Carbon County. The regional-evidence median is 52 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft1 ZIP
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard0 ZIPs

1 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
0.7 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 1Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: Dec 1, 2016 to Jun 10, 2026.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Palmerton

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

18071

Soft

52.2 PPM

Nearest site
0.7 mi
Confidence
High

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Palmerton

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.