Nanty Glo Water Auth, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.66 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2022). 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.
Who runs the water here
Nanty Glo Water Auth serves about 3,152 people through 1,454 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 Cambria County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA4110023; phone on file: 814-659-8666. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 6.66 ppb from 9.32 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Nanty Glo Water Auth is 9.32 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.66 ppb |
| 2019 | 9.32 ppb |
| 2018 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Nanty Glo Water Auth's 2.66 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
35 other systems share Cambria County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nanty Glo 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) |
| Jackson Twp Water Auth | 4,236 | 2.15 ppb |
| Glendale Valley Municipal Auth | 3,200 | - |
| East Taylor Muni Auth | 3,152 | - |
| Gallitzin Boro Water Auth | 3,130 | - |
Next steps for Nanty Glo, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Nanty Glo, 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 Nanty Glo 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.