Newell Muni Auth, 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.
Newell Muni Auth at a glance
Newell Muni Auth serves about 520 people through 264 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 Fayette County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA5260014; phone on file: 724-938-8822. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Nearby utilities
18 other systems share Fayette County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mawc Yough Plant | 133,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Fayette Cnty Muni Auth | 35,409 | 2.23 ppb |
| Pa-American Water- Uniontown | 23,125 | 1 ppb |
| Pa-American Water Co-Connellsv | 11,425 | 0 (not detected) |
| Muni Auth Of Washington Twp | 9,100 | 2.7 ppb |
| Pa-American Water-Brownsville | 7,844 | 2 ppb |
| Indian Creek Valley Water Auth | 7,000 | 2 ppb |
| Belle Vernon Boro Muni Auth | 6,000 | 1.75 ppb |
| Mountain Water Assn | 3,856 | 1.79 ppb |
| Masontown Muni Water Works | 3,841 | 1.07 ppb |
Next steps for Newell, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Newell, 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 Newell Muni 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.