Baden Boro Water Dept, PA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Baden Boro Water Dept serves about 3,948 people through 1,644 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA5040080; phone on file: 724-869-3700. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Baden Boro Water Dept's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Baden Boro Water Dept is 1.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Baden Boro Water Dept 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. Baden Boro Water Dept's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 4th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Beaver County
21 other systems share Beaver County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Baden Boro Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Beaver Falls Muni Auth | 49,500 | 1.3 ppb |
| Ambridge Water Auth | 19,500 | 9.3 ppb |
| Center Twp Water Auth | 19,000 | 1.38 ppb |
| Mun Water Auth Of Aliquippa | 15,685 | 33.5 ppb |
| Creswell Heights Jt Auth | 15,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brighton Twp Muni Auth | 7,920 | 0 (not detected) |
| Monaca Boro Water Dept | 6,500 | 3.36 ppb |
| Beaver Boro Muni Auth | 5,799 | 2.6 ppb |
| North Sewickley Mun Water Auth | 4,578 | 3.7 ppb |
| New Sewickley Twp Muni Auth | 4,276 | 1.35 ppb |
Next steps for Baden, PA
Look up your address in Baden Boro Water Dept's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Baden Boro Water Dept 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.