Alburtis Borough Authority, PA
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
About Alburtis Borough Authority
Alburtis Borough Authority serves about 2,117 people through 998 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA3390045; phone on file: 610-966-9661. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Nearby utilities
38 other systems share Lehigh County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lca Allentown Division | 118,000 | 7 ppb |
| Lca Wlsa Central Division | 47,693 | 2 ppb |
| Swt Main System | 14,500 | 6 ppb |
| Emmaus Borough Public Water | 14,000 | 3 ppb |
| Whitehall Twp Authority | 13,063 | 4 ppb |
| Salisbury Twp Water System | 8,522 | 3 ppb |
| Upper Saucon Twp Water Supply | 7,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Catasauqua Mun Water Works | 6,598 | 5 ppb |
| Slatington Borough Water Sys | 4,450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Macungie Borough Authority | 3,039 | - |
Next steps for Alburtis, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Alburtis, PA may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Alburtis Borough Authority 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.