Ford City Muni Water Works, 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 Ford City Muni Water Works
Ford City Muni Water Works serves about 2,991 people through 1,710 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 Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA5030005; phone on file: 724-763-3081. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Other water systems in Armstrong County
21 other systems share Armstrong County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kittanning Suburb Jt Water Aut | 8,000 | 0.67 ppb |
| Manor Twp Jt Muni Auth | 6,744 | 0.49 ppb |
| Buffalo Twp Mun Auth Freeport | 5,849 | 2.72 ppb |
| Pa American Water Kittanning | 4,499 | 3 ppb |
| Parks Twp Muni Auth | 2,049 | - |
| West Kittanning Muni Auth | 2,000 | - |
| E Armstrong Cnty Muni Auth | 1,875 | - |
| Gilpin Twp Muni Auth | 1,680 | - |
| Worthington West Franklin Jma | 1,500 | - |
| South Buffalo Twp Muni Auth | 1,230 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ford City, 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 Ford City Muni Water Works 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.