Bernville Borough, 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 Bernville Borough
Bernville Borough serves about 1,010 people through 404 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 Berks County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA3060085; phone on file: 610-488-1591. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Nearby utilities
71 other systems share Berks County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Area Water Authority | 95,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Paw Penn District | 28,508 | 3 ppb |
| Paw Glen Alsace Div | 24,951 | 1 ppb |
| Muhlenberg Twp Muni Auth | 22,400 | 1 ppb |
| Kutztown Borough Water | 14,200 | 3 ppb |
| Shillington Muni Auth | 13,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mt Penn Boro Muni Auth | 10,400 | 3.4 ppb |
| Wyomissing Boro Water System | 8,500 | 1 ppb |
| Boyertown Muni Auth | 8,000 | 3.7 ppb |
| Wernersville Muni Water Auth | 7,920 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Bernville, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bernville, 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 Bernville Borough 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.