Pa American Water Co Warren, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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 Pa American Water Co Warren
Pa American Water Co Warren serves about 14,650 people through 5,451 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Warren County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA6620020; phone on file: 814-726-3952. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pa American Water Co Warren is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 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. Pa American Water Co Warren's 2 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Warren County
14 other systems share Warren County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Pa American Water Co Warren. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Youngsville Mun Waterworks | 1,957 | - |
| North Warren Muni Authority | 1,749 | - |
| Sheffield Twp Municipal Auth | 1,075 | - |
| Southwest Warren Co Mun Auth | 1,040 | - |
| Aqua Pa Clarendon | 840 | - |
| Warren State Hospital | 721 | 23.7 ppb |
| Pine Grove Twp Water System | 640 | - |
| Pleasant Valley Mhp | 270 | - |
| West Sheffield Water Assn | 225 | - |
| Wilderness Mhp | 200 | - |
Next steps for Warren, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Warren, 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 Warren 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.