Newport Boro Water Auth, PA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 18.5 ppb (monitoring period 2017-2017). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Newport Boro Water Auth at a glance
Newport Boro Water Auth serves about 3,200 people through 952 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Perry County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA7500022; phone on file: 717-567-6373. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Newport Boro Water Auth is 18.5 ppb across 1 monitoring period, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 18.5 ppb over 15 |
How Newport Boro Water Auth compares
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. Newport Boro Water Auth's 18.5 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Perry County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Newport Boro Water Auth. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Duncannon Muni Water | 2,000 | 301 ppb |
| Bloomfield Boro Water Auth | 1,170 | - |
| Liverpool Muni Auth | 934 | - |
| Millerstown Boro Water | 700 | - |
| Creekview Farms Mhp | 450 | 15.5 ppb |
| Blain Water Co | 321 | 46.8 ppb |
| Orchard Hills Mhp | 303 | 152.6 ppb |
| Loysville Youth Dev Ctr | 249 | - |
| Sunshine Hills Water Co | 248 | - |
| Skyview Gardens Apts | 234 | - |
Your move
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Newport Boro 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.