Jay Twp Water Authority, PA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 17.16 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Jay Twp Water Authority serves about 1,131 people through 674 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 surface water, in Elk County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA6240005; phone on file: 814-787-8853. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.16 ppb from 16 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jay Twp Water Authority is 17.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 3 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 17.16 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 16 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 17.5 ppb over 15 |
Against other Pennsylvania systems
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. Jay Twp Water Authority's 17.16 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Elk County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jay Twp Water Authority. 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 | - |
| Toby Water | 440 | - |
| Jones Twp Municipal Authority | 396 | - |
| Highland Twp Municipal Auth | 286 | - |
What to do in your house
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 Jay Twp Water Authority 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.