North Wales Water Authority, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 ppb (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. 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.
About North Wales Water Authority
North Wales Water Authority serves about 72,496 people through 25,877 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA1460048; phone on file: 215-699-4836. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
North Wales Water Authority's lead record
That is down 1.4 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Wales Water Authority is 4.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.4 ppb |
Against other Pennsylvania systems
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. North Wales Water Authority's 1.6 ppb sits at the 42nd percentile in Pennsylvania and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
37 other systems share Montgomery County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Wales Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua Pa Main System | 822,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Penn Water Authority | 91,941 | 0.5 ppb |
| Pa American Norristown | 88,885 | 2 ppb |
| Pottstown Borough Water Auth | 36,000 | 0.9 ppb |
| Horsham Water&Sewer Authority | 26,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ambler Boro Water Dept | 20,000 | 2.3 ppb |
| Aqua Pa Hatboro | 12,901 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aqua Pa Superior Main System | 11,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Collegeville Trappe Joint Pwd | 8,470 | 3 ppb |
| Pa American Audubon | 8,200 | 4 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; North Wales, 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 North Wales Water 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. 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.