Jim Thorpe Borough Water East, 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.
Jim Thorpe Borough Water East at a glance
Jim Thorpe Borough Water East serves about 2,853 people through 966 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 groundwater, in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA3130043; phone on file: 570-325-3025. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Neighbouring systems
27 other systems share Carbon County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lansford Coaldale Jt Water Aut | 9,300 | 0.34 ppb |
| Lehighton Water Authority | 9,000 | 1.82 ppb |
| Palmerton Municipal Authority | 7,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Summit Hill Water Authority | 2,890 | - |
| Nesquehoning Boro Water Auth | 2,850 | - |
| Weatherly Boro Mun Auth | 2,612 | - |
| Jim Thorpe Borough Water West | 2,274 | - |
| Beaver Meadows Borough | 968 | - |
| Bowmanstown Authority | 900 | 18.6 ppb |
| S R Water | 500 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jim Thorpe, 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 Jim Thorpe Borough Water East 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.