Jackson Twp Water Auth, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.15 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Jackson Twp Water Auth at a glance
Jackson Twp Water Auth serves about 4,236 people through 1,550 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 surface water, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA4110021; phone on file: 814-322-1262. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jackson Twp Water Auth is 2.15 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.15 ppb |
How Jackson Twp Water Auth compares
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. Jackson Twp Water Auth's 2.15 ppb sits at the 53rd percentile in Pennsylvania and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
35 other systems share Cambria County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jackson Twp Water Auth. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greater Johnstown Wa Riverside | 49,500 | 5 ppb |
| Highland S & W Auth Beaverdam | 22,617 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ebensburg Boro Muni Auth | 8,500 | 1.11 ppb |
| Portage Boro Muni Auth | 6,500 | 1 ppb |
| Northern Cambria Muni Water | 4,500 | 2 ppb |
| Southwestern Cambria Cnty Auth | 4,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glendale Valley Municipal Auth | 3,200 | - |
| Nanty Glo Water Auth | 3,152 | 2.66 ppb |
| East Taylor Muni Auth | 3,152 | - |
| Gallitzin Boro Water Auth | 3,130 | - |
Next steps for Johnstown, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Johnstown, 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 Jackson Twp Water Auth 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. 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.