- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 6.
- Lithium: found in 12 of 16 samples, average 65.9 µg/L, highest 324 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025)
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 3 of 16 samples, average 1.4 ppt, highest 7.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 3 of 16 samples, average 0.70 ppt, highest 4.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025)
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 16 samples, average 0.60 ppt, highest 4.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 16 samples, average 0.50 ppt, highest 4.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 16 samples, average 0.40 ppt, highest 3.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jul 2024–Apr 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 1 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 Scranton tap water? What EPA records show
EPA PA2359008 · serves Lackawanna County, PA · about 137,142 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
PA Amer Water Co Lake Scranton (EPA PA2359008)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Scranton's main utility, PA Amer Water Co Lake Scranton: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (PA2359008) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 6. This is public data, not a test of your tap.
What EPA records show for PA Amer Water Co Lake Scranton, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (PA2359008) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for PA Amer Water Co Lake Scranton (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 1 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.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 6.
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 PA Amer Water Co Lake Scranton use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in PA Amer Water Co Lake Scranton's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.