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County-Level Summary of PFAS in Pennsylvania Drinking Water Sources
This web map summarizes PFAS monitoring data from both public supply wells and private wells across Pennsylvania.
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The dataset includes 167 private wells monitored by Penn State researchers in 2023 and 2024 and 406 public supply wells studied by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) in 2021-2022. Explore the county-based summaries on PFAS detection frequencies, average concentrations, and exceedance of US EPA maximum contaminant levels (MCLs).
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