Hegins Hubley Authority, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.09 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Hegins Hubley Authority at a glance
Hegins Hubley Authority serves about 3,870 people through 1,336 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 groundwater, in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA3540047; phone on file: 570-682-3228. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Hegins Hubley Authority's lead record
That is down 5.76 ppb from 7.85 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hegins Hubley Authority is 7.85 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.09 ppb |
| 2025 | 7.85 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.56 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.7 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. Hegins Hubley Authority's 2.09 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in Pennsylvania and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
38 other systems share Schuylkill County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hegins Hubley Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Schuylkill Co Mun Auth | 31,850 | 1.1 ppb |
| Aqua Shenandoah | 9,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Tamaqua Area Water Authority | 8,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Minersville Municipal Water Au | 7,275 | 14 ppb |
| Blythe Twp Municipal Authority | 7,100 | 3.77 ppb |
| Kline Township Mun Authority | 6,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Schuylkill Haven Boro Water | 6,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| Mahanoy Twp Auth | 5,584 | 4 ppb |
| Pa Amer Water Co Frackville | 5,583 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ashland Area Water Authority | 4,200 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Valley View, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Valley View, 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 Hegins Hubley Authority whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1580 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.