Brockway Boro Municipal Auth, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.32 ppb (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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Brockway Boro Municipal Auth at a glance
Brockway Boro Municipal Auth serves about 4,384 people through 1,984 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 Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA6330002; phone on file: 814-265-1114. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.93 ppb from 3.25 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brockway Boro Municipal Auth is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.32 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.25 ppb |
| 2019 | 5 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Brockway Boro Municipal Auth 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. Brockway Boro Municipal Auth's 1.32 ppb sits at the 38th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jefferson County
10 other systems share Jefferson County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Brockway Boro Municipal Auth. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pa American Water Punxsy | 8,419 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookville Municipal Auth | 6,220 | 2.1 ppb |
| Reynoldsville Water Auth | 2,908 | - |
| Sykesville Borough | 1,500 | - |
| Falls Creek Boro Mun Auth | 1,440 | - |
| Summerville Boro Mun Auth | 700 | - |
| Eldred Twp Munic Auth | 700 | - |
| Henderson Township Mun Auth | 354 | - |
| Knox Township Munic Authority | 300 | - |
| Soldier Water System | 250 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brockway, 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 Brockway Boro Municipal Auth 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.