Clearfield Municipal Auth, 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.
Clearfield Municipal Auth at a glance
Clearfield Municipal Auth serves about 14,000 people through 5,995 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA6170008; phone on file: 814-765-9609. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 3.27 ppb from 3.27 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Clearfield Municipal Auth is 3.27 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 3.27 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Clearfield 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. Clearfield Municipal Auth's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 17th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Clearfield County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Clearfield Municipal Auth. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Houtzdale Municipal Authority | 8,410 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Dubois Water Depart | 7,794 | 3.1 ppb |
| Pike Twp Municipal Authority | 4,500 | 1.25 ppb |
| Aqua Pa Inc Treasure Lake Div | 4,155 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cooper Twp Municipal Auth | 3,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Irvona Municipal Authority | 1,980 | - |
| Beccaria Coalport Irvona M A | 1,875 | - |
| Sandy Township | 1,828 | - |
| Covington Karthaus Girard A A | 1,700 | - |
| Brady Twp Water Association | 1,570 | - |
Next steps for Clearfield, PA
Look up your address in Clearfield Municipal Auth'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 Clearfield 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. 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.