Shadyside Mobile Home Park

EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2021 - March 2021), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.

Utility Details

Chester County, Pennsylvania
Serves: 55
Data available: 2014-2019
Source: Groundwater

Contaminants Detected

EXCEED
EWG HEALTH
GUIDELINES

3 Total Contaminants

Legal does not necessarily equal safe. Getting a passing grade from the federal government does not mean the water meets the latest health guidelines.
Legal limits for contaminants in tap water have not been updated in almost 20 years.
The best way to ensure clean tap water is to keep pollution out of source water in the first place.

What To Do

Filter contaminants out Contact Your Local Official What About Lead?

Legal ≠ Safe

EWG Health Guidelines fill the gap in outdated government standards.

The federal government’s legal limits are not health-protective. The EPA has not set a new tap water standard in almost 20 years, and some standards are more than 40 years old.

Contaminants Detected

VIEW: EXCEED GUIDELINES OTHER DETECTED

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)†

Potential Effect: cancer3.3x EWG'S HEALTH GUIDELINE

THIS UTILITY0.333 ppb

EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE0.1 ppb

LEGAL LIMIT60 ppb

DETAILS

Nitrate

Potential Effect: cancer48x EWG'S HEALTH GUIDELINE

THIS UTILITY6.79 ppm

EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE0.14 ppm

LEGAL LIMIT10 ppm

DETAILS

Includes chemicals detected in 2017-2019 for which annual utility averages exceeded an EWG-selected health guideline established by a federal or state public health authority.

† HAA5 is a contaminant group that includes monochloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acid, monobromoacetic acid and dibromoacetic acid. HAA9 is a contaminant group that includes the chemicals in HAA5 and bromochloroacetic acid, bromodichloroacetic acid, chlorodibromoacetic acid and tribromoacetic acid. TTHM is a contaminant group that includes bromodichloromethane, bromoform, chloroform and dibromochloromethane.

1,2-Dichloroethane

THIS UTILITY0.370 ppb

EWG HEALTH GUIDELINE0.4 ppb

LEGAL LIMIT5 ppb

DETAILS

Includes chemicals detected in 2017-2019 for which annual utility averages were lower than an EWG-selected health guideline established by a federal or state public health authori.

Other Contaminants Tested

Chemicals tested for but not detected from 2014 to 2019:

1,1,1-Trichloroethane , 1,1,2-Trichloroethane , 1,1-Dichloroethylene , 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene , 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) , 1,2-Dichloropropane , 2,4,5-TP (Silvex) , 2,4-D , Alachlor (Lasso) , Antimony , Arsenic , Atrazine , Barium , Benzene , Benzo[a]pyrene , Beryllium , Bromodichloromethane , Bromoform , Cadmium , Carbofuran , Carbon tetrachloride , Chlordane , Chloroform , Chromium (total) , cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene , Combined uranium , Cyanide , Cyanide (free) , Dalapon , Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate , Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate , Dibromoacetic acid , Dibromochloromethane , Dichloroacetic acid , Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) , Dinoseb , Diquat , Endothall , Endrin , Ethylbenzene , Ethylene dibromide , Fluoride , Glyphosate , Heptachlor , Heptachlor epoxide , Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) , Hexachlorocyclopentadiene , Lindane , Mercury (inorganic) , Methoxychlor , Monobromoacetic acid , Monochloroacetic acid , Monochlorobenzene (chlorobenzene) , Nitrite , o-Dichlorobenzene , Oxamyl (Vydate) , p-Dichlorobenzene , Pentachlorophenol , Picloram , Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) , Radium, combined (-226 & -228) , Selenium , Simazine , Styrene , Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene) , Thallium , Toluene , Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) , Toxaphene , trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene , Trichloroacetic acid , Trichloroethylene , Vinyl chloride , Xylenes (total)