At Monday’s meeting, Whitehall Township Commissioners President Phillips Armstrong called for the two water authorities serving the township to address commissioners at an upcoming meeting regarding water quality in the wake of the Flint, Mich., disaster, where lead and copper infiltrated the entire system.

Contacted by Mayor Edward D. Hozza Jr., Coplay-Whitehall Sewer Authority (CWSA) and Northampton Borough Municipal Authority (NBMA) on Tuesday welcomed the invitation to provide commissioners with an update on its operations, saying there is no lead or copper in the water systems, nor was there any in the past.

Both water authorities are in full compliance with federal and state Department of Environmental Protection Agency inspections and regulations.

CWSA has 2,800-plus customers in the southwest section of the township.

NBMA serves three-quarters of Whitehall, with 6,000 customers.

“It will be nice for the authorities to come to our meeting to verify,” Armstrong said.

CWSA retrieves its water from wells, whereas NBMA derives its water from the Lehigh River and Spring Creek.

“We will be happy to meet with the commissioners and update them on our system,” said Joseph McHugh, head of CWSA. “Lead and copper have never been a problem.”

Commissioners have been invited to tour the state-of-the-art NBMA water treatment plant, erected in 2006.

NBMA Executive Director Steve Kerbacher said water sampling at the treatment plant, a round-the-clock operation, is done as water flows into and from the plant. NBMA is in a DEP three-year cycle, and each tap will be tested.

“We never had any complaints of lead or copper,” Kerbacher said.