Franklin County, PA
drinking water quality
159,285 residents · 122 public water systems · 28 ZIP codes
EPA sampled 8 of 122 public water systems here, together serving about 101,606 people. EPA detected 6:2 FTS at 9.7 ng/L. EPA has not set a drinking water limit for 6:2 FTS, so there is no figure to compare it against. Last sampled 9/9/2024.
Health-based violations
Separately from PFAS, EPA records 47 health-based violations across 21 of the county’s water systems since 2020, the most recent in 2026. They involved nitrate, lead and copper, contaminant 0700, contaminant 0200, benzene.
What this means
PFAS are industrial chemicals that EPA describes as breaking down only very slowly in the environment. In April 2024 EPA set the first enforceable national limits: 4 ng/L for PFOA and PFOS, 10 ng/L for PFHxS, PFNA and GenX.
These figures are county-level and come from EPA’s sampling of public water systems. They describe the worst result found in the county, not what comes out of any particular tap — that depends on which system serves the address, and on the plumbing in the building. A private well is not covered by this programme at all.
ZIP codes in Franklin County
17201 · 17202 · 17210 · 17214 · 17217 · 17219 · 17220 · 17221 · 17222 · 17224 · 17225 · 17232 · 17235 · 17236 · 17237 · 17244 · 17246 · 17247 · 17250 · 17251 · 17252 · 17254 · 17261 · 17262 · 17263 · 17265 · 17268 · 17271
Readings are county-level, so every ZIP here shares the figure above. Search your ZIP on the map to see it in context.