- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 5.
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 6.1 ppt, highest 6.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2024–Oct 2024) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 5 ppt, highest 5.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2024–Oct 2024)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 4.6 ppt, highest 5.4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2024–Oct 2024)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 4 ppt, highest 4.4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2024–Oct 2024)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 0.80 ppt, highest 3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2024–Oct 2024)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 0 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.
- Health-based violation: Surface Water Treatment Rules, Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Apr 2025–May 2025 (EPA SDWIS)
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Reading tap water? What EPA records show
EPA PA3060059 · serves Berks County, PA · about 95,100 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
Reading Area Water Authority (EPA PA3060059)
ScoreYourWater.com gives no verdict on your tap water; it shows what the public records say, as of October 14, 2026. For Reading's main utility, Reading Area Water Authority: 1 health-based violation since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS). This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Reading Area Water Authority, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Surface Water Treatment Rules, Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Apr 2025–May 2025 (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 0 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 5.
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 Reading Area Water Authority use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Reading Area Water Authority's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.
What EPA records show for this system
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)