Coudersport Boro Authority, PA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2019-2019). 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.
About Coudersport Boro Authority
Coudersport Boro Authority serves about 3,166 people through 1,100 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 Potter County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA6530009; phone on file: 814-274-9776. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Coudersport Boro Authority's lead record
That is down 2.8 ppb from 2.8 ppb in the period ending 2016. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Coudersport Boro Authority is 2.8 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2.8 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Coudersport Boro Authority's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 2nd percentile in Pennsylvania and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Potter County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Coudersport Boro Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Roulette Twp Water Authority | 1,300 | 24.5 ppb |
| Shinglehouse Boro Water Dept | 1,250 | - |
| Galeton Borough Authority | 1,200 | - |
| Charles Cole Memorial Hospital | 750 | - |
| Austin Borough Water | 700 | - |
| Ulysses Municipal Authority | 640 | - |
| Genesee Twp Water Authority | 450 | - |
| Northern Tier Childrens Home | 45 | 356.55 ppb |
Next steps for Coudersport, PA
Look up your address in Coudersport Boro Authority'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 Coudersport Boro Authority 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.