- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 9.
- Lithium: found in 16 of 16 samples, average 24.7 µg/L, highest 80.4 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Feb 2025–Sep 2025)
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 12 of 14 samples, average 6.7 ppt, highest 14.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Feb 2025–Sep 2025) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 9 of 14 samples, average 3.8 ppt, highest 10.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Feb 2025–Sep 2025)
- PFNA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 14 samples, average 3.4 ppt, highest 24 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Feb 2025–Sep 2025)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 8 of 14 samples, average 2.7 ppt, highest 6.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Feb 2025–Sep 2025)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 6 of 14 samples, average 2.1 ppt, highest 8.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Feb 2025–Sep 2025)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 5 of 14 samples, average 1.5 ppt, highest 6.1 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Feb 2025–Sep 2025)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 3 of 14 samples, average 1.3 ppt, highest 7.1 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Feb 2025–Sep 2025)
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 2 of 14 samples, average 0.40 ppt, highest 3.1 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Feb 2025–Sep 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 1.33 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jun 1, 2025–Sep 30, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Quakertown tap water? What EPA records show
EPA PA1090082 · serves Bucks County, PA · about 12,800 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Quakertown Boro (EPA PA1090082)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Quakertown's main utility, Quakertown Boro: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (PA1090082) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing. This is public data, not a test of your tap.
What EPA records show for Quakertown Boro, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (PA1090082) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Quakertown Boro (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 1.33 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jun 1, 2025–Sep 30, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 9.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does Quakertown Boro use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Quakertown Boro's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.