Lower Saucon Authority, PA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Lower Saucon Authority
Lower Saucon Authority serves about 5,700 people through 2,183 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 Northampton County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA3480027; phone on file: 610-317-3212. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lower Saucon Authority's lead record
That is down 3 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lower Saucon Authority is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 0.7 ppb |
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. Lower Saucon Authority's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 9th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
42 other systems share Northampton County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lower Saucon Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Bethlehem | 117,259 | 0 (not detected) |
| Easton Area Water System | 96,867 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northampton Boro Muni Auth | 40,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pawc Blue Mountain | 23,763 | 5 ppb |
| Pawc Bangor | 9,008 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hellertown Borough Authority | 5,800 | 2 ppb |
| Walnutport Authority | 3,000 | - |
| Bath Municipal Water Works | 2,680 | - |
| Pawc Westgate | 2,668 | - |
| Portland Boro Authority | 1,100 | - |
Next steps for Bethlehem, PA
Look up your address in Lower Saucon Authority's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Lower Saucon 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.