Aiken Water Company, PA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 15.2 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2022). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Aiken Water Company serves about 850 people through 210 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Mckean County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA6420010; phone on file: 814-598-9167. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Aiken Water Company is 15.2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.2 ppb over 15 |
How Aiken Water Company compares
Of the 516 Pennsylvania systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 2 ppb; 143 are over 15 ppb right now and 156 have gone over at some point. Aiken Water Company's 15.2 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Pennsylvania and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Mckean County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Aiken Water Company. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford City Water Authority | 18,500 | 1.29 ppb |
| Pa American Water Co Kane | 5,725 | 0 (not detected) |
| Port Allegany Water Department | 2,591 | - |
| Smethport Borough | 2,400 | - |
| Aqua Pa Mt Jewett | 972 | - |
| Lewis Run Borough | 892 | - |
| Eldred Borough Water Auth | 850 | - |
| Rew Water Association | 325 | - |
| Rixford Waterworks Association | 234 | - |
| Hazel Hurst Water Company | 140 | - |
Your move
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Aiken Water Company whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.