Blawnox Boro Water Dept, 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.
Who runs the water here
Blawnox Boro Water Dept serves about 2,200 people through 731 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 surface water, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA5020004; phone on file: 412-828-4141. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Other water systems in Allegheny County
36 other systems share Allegheny County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pa Amer Water Co-Pittsburgh | 686,000 | 4 ppb |
| Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Auth | 520,000 | 2 ppb |
| West View Water Authority | 200,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wilkinsburg-Penn Jt Water Auth | 125,000 | 9.78 ppb |
| Hampton Shaler Water Authority | 61,949 | 1.26 ppb |
| Monroeville Municipal Auth | 48,500 | 1.5 ppb |
| Oakmont Water Authority | 39,901 | 0.46 ppb |
| Moon Twp Muni Auth | 38,000 | 1.87 ppb |
| West Cnty Muni Auth-Mckeesport | 32,644 | 0 (not detected) |
| Plum Boro Muni Auth | 27,500 | 3.7 ppb |
Next steps for Pittsburgh, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pittsburgh, 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 Blawnox 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. 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.