Monument Water Authority, 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.
Who runs the water here
Monument Water Authority serves about 140 people through 54 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Centre County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA4140110; phone on file: 570-962-2443. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Other water systems in Centre County
42 other systems share Centre County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| State College Boro Water Auth | 72,000 | 3.7 ppb |
| Penn State Univ | 37,000 | 10.8 ppb |
| Paw Philipsburg | 20,865 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bellefonte Borough Water Auth | 9,500 | 4.62 ppb |
| College Twp Water Authority | 6,000 | 2.4 ppb |
| Mountaintop Reg Water Auth | 3,456 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spring Twp Water Authority | 3,300 | 2.9 ppb |
| Walker Twp Water Assn | 3,250 | - |
| State Corr Inst Benner Twp | 2,850 | 2.69 ppb |
| Milesburg Borough Water Auth | 2,750 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Beech Creek, 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 Monument Water Authority whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2375 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.