Himalayan Institute, PA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 201 ppb (monitoring period 2016-2016). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Himalayan Institute at a glance
Himalayan Institute serves about 124 people through 14 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA2640057; phone on file: 570-229-6933. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Himalayan Institute is 201 ppb across 1 monitoring period, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 201 ppb over 15 |
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. Himalayan Institute's 201 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 100th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Wayne County
37 other systems share Wayne County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Himalayan Institute. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua Pa Water Co Honesdale | 5,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Roamingwood Sewer And Water | 3,775 | 2.38 ppb |
| Aqua Pa Water Co Sci Waymart | 3,200 | - |
| Wallenpaupack Lake Estates | 2,200 | - |
| Aqua Pa Water Co Hawley | 1,800 | - |
| Aqua Pa Water Co Waymart | 1,100 | - |
| Pa Amer Water Co Indian Rocks | 1,100 | - |
| Aqua Pa Paupackan Lake Estates | 800 | - |
| Lake Wallenpaupack Sandy Shore | 499 | - |
| Hamlin Water Company | 400 | - |
Your move
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Himalayan Institute whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1925 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.