Pa American Water Co Clarion, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Pa American Water Co Clarion at a glance
Pa American Water Co Clarion serves about 10,372 people through 4,216 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Clarion County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA6160001; phone on file: 814-280-0013. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pa American Water Co Clarion is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
How Pa American Water Co Clarion 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. Pa American Water Co Clarion's 1 ppb sits at the 32nd percentile in Pennsylvania and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share Clarion County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Pa American Water Co Clarion. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Redbank Valley Mun Auth | 3,150 | - |
| Rimersburg Boro Muni Auth | 1,873 | - |
| Hawthorn Redbank Redbank Ma | 1,500 | - |
| Knox Water Works | 1,380 | - |
| East Brady Water System | 1,040 | - |
| Foxburg Area Water & Sewer Aut | 925 | - |
| Pawc Corner | 857 | - |
| Fryburg Water Company | 490 | - |
| St Petersburg Municipal Water | 465 | - |
| Huefner Spring Water | 300 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Castle, 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 Pa American Water Co Clarion 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.