Highland Twp Municipal Auth, 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.
Who runs the water here
Highland Twp Municipal Auth serves about 286 people through 120 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Elk County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA6240006; phone on file: 814-837-8762. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Nearby utilities
7 other systems share Elk County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| St Marys Area Water Auth | 19,588 | 3.31 ppb |
| Ridgway Borough Water System | 4,700 | 7.7 ppb |
| Johnsonburg Municipal Auth | 2,413 | - |
| Ridgway Twp Water Auth | 1,763 | - |
| Jay Twp Water Authority | 1,131 | 17.16 ppb |
| Toby Water | 440 | - |
| Jones Twp Municipal Authority | 396 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; James 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 Highland Twp Municipal Auth whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1980 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.