If you would like to report a problem with your water, please contact our office at 610-258-7181.
Where does your water come from?
Sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. The water source for the Cit y of Easton surrounding service area is the Delaware River.
From the river, the water is processed for contaminants at the Easton Water Treatment Plant. From there, it is piped directly to your home or stored in large holding tanks strategically located throughout the region.
Our goal is to make sure you have safe, high quality drinking water at all times.
ESWA monitoring
At Easton Suburban Water Authority, we are committed to monitoring the quality of your water supply.
Because of the way the water is consistently treated by the City of Easton, it is very unlikely that you will ever experience a problem with your water. To ensure the quality of your water, each month, we collect samples from throughout the system and test the water for:
- Chlorine residual – total and free – we collect and analyze 25 samples each week
- Total Coliform – we collect and analyze 25 samples each week
- Total Coliform – we collect and analyze 25 samples each week
- E. coli
- Alkalinity
- Calcium
- Total Organic Carbon
- Total hardness
- Nitrate/Nitrite as N
- Magnesium
- pH
- Iron
- Total dissolved solids
- Lead – (ESWA is on a reduced monitoring schedule as required by DEP because 2004 results were well below the 0.015 mg/L level)
- Copper – (ESWA is on a reduced monitoring schedule as required by DEP because 2004 results were well below the 1.3 mg/L level)
- THM* (ESWA is on a reduced monitoring schedule as required by DEP because 2004 results were well below the 0.080 mg/L level. Click for more info.)
- HAA5* (ESWA is on a reduced monitoring schedule as required by DEP because 2004 results were well below the 0.060 mg/L level. Click for more info.)
