No open EPA violations as of 2026-09-16.
EPA record checked 2026-10-06
From EPA's record for PA1510001. PurityMap is independent of Philadelphia Water Department.
Every community water system publishes one each year.
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37 results are on record. These 5 come first: results above a listed reference, then those closest to a legal limit.
0health-based violations in the last 10 years · none open as of 2026-09-16
From EPA SDWIS. A clean violation history means no enforcement action was recorded; it does not cover contaminants without a limit. Meeting a federal limit is a compliance fact, not a health clearance.
Screening tells you if something is worth a closer look; a lab result is the number you can act on.
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Screening: quick check, not lab-grade
Safe Home (EnviroTestKits)
Lead, read as one of three ranges: 0–4, 5–15 or 15+ ppb
Turnaround: 5 minutes
What it can't tell you: It shows a lead range, not an exact level, and tests nothing else unless you pay extra for the optional lab test.
Lab-certified results
ETR Laboratories
50+ substances, including lead, copper, arsenic, nitrate, hardness and coliform bacteria
Environmental Testing and Research Laboratories (ETR Labs), Leominster, MA · ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ANAB certificate AT-2638 · 2–4 business days after the lab receives it
What it can't tell you: It does not test PFAS, and not every result on the panel falls under the lab's accredited scope.
One email when a new sampling round is published or a result moves across its reference.
Follow this water →Its phone number on EPA record is 215-685-6257 and its mailing address is 1101 MARKET ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107. These details come from the system's EPA record.
PurityMap has no verified website for Philadelphia Water Department. Its mailing address on EPA record is 1101 MARKET ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107. Your water bill lists the ways to pay. PurityMap does not take payments.
EPA's records list Philadelphia Water Department as serving Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Your water bill names your supplier.
PurityMap's record for Philadelphia Water Department holds results for 29 PFAS substances. 8 were detected, and none is above a federal legal limit. Each result links to its source in the city report.
No open EPA violations as of 2026-09-16: that is what EPA's record shows for Philadelphia Water Department. The record comes from EPA's SDWIS compliance database.
Philadelphia Water Department is on EPA record as drawing from surface water.
Start with the hot-or-cold tap check. Where Philadelphia Water Department reported something related, it's shown below.
Lead at Philadelphia Water Department: 2 µg/L (90th percentile, 2025 monitoring period). Lead has no taste, so a taste neither shows nor rules it out.
Copper: 0.21 mg/L (utility water-quality report, 2025). The federal action level is 1.3 mg/L.