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Water hardness in Towanda

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

Towanda Municipal Authority

PA2080029 · Groundwater influenced by surface water · 5,000 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 (1)

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
0.0079 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

53% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (50)
Imported violation history for Towanda Municipal Authority
RuleStatusPeriod
Public NoticeResolvedJan 11, 2026 to Mar 3, 2026
Public NoticeResolvedJan 11, 2026 to Mar 3, 2026
Groundwater RuleResolvedDec 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Public NoticeResolvedOct 11, 2025 to Nov 26, 2025
Public NoticeResolvedOct 11, 2025 to Nov 26, 2025
TTHMResolvedOct 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedOct 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Groundwater RuleResolvedSep 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
Surface Water Treatment RuleResolvedSep 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
Groundwater RuleResolvedJul 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2025
Groundwater RuleResolvedDec 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedOct 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
TTHMResolvedOct 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
TTHMResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2024
TTHMResolvedApr 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024
Groundwater RuleResolvedApr 1, 2024 to Apr 30, 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedApr 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024
Groundwater RuleResolvedMar 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedFeb 13, 2024 to Apr 15, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedFeb 13, 2024 to Apr 15, 2024
Surface Water Treatment RuleHealth-basedResolvedFeb 1, 2024 to Feb 29, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedFeb 1, 2024 to Feb 29, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedOct 11, 2022 to Nov 30, 2022
Public NoticeResolvedOct 11, 2022 to Nov 30, 2022
Public NoticeResolvedJul 11, 2022 to Aug 31, 2022
Public NoticeResolvedJul 11, 2022 to Aug 31, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedOct 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
TTHMResolvedOct 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
TTHMResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
TTHMResolvedApr 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleResolvedApr 1, 2021 to Apr 30, 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedApr 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UResolvedApr 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2021
ArsenicResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
BariumResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
CadmiumResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
ChromiumResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
CYANIDEResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
FluorideResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
MercuryResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
SeleniumResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Beryllium, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Thallium, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
NitriteResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
NitrateResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Antimony, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
NickelResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Towanda has 1 published ZIP profile across Bradford County. The regional-evidence median is 137 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

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard1 ZIP
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
1.7 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 1Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: May 2, 2016 to May 14, 2026.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Towanda

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

18848

Hard

137 PPM

Nearest site
1.7 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 Towanda

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.