Paw Crystal Lake, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 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 Paw Crystal Lake
Paw Crystal Lake serves about 9,773 people through 3,814 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA2409003; phone on file: 570-351-2468. 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 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Paw Crystal Lake is 4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How Paw Crystal Lake 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. Paw Crystal Lake's 4 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
68 other systems share Luzerne County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Paw Crystal Lake. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Paw Ceasetown | 58,467 | 0 (not detected) |
| Paw Nesbitt | 52,640 | 0 (not detected) |
| Paw Watres | 52,002 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hca Hazleton Division | 45,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Paw Huntsville | 11,987 | 1.8 ppb |
| Veolia Water Pa Dallas | 7,563 | 3.4 ppb |
| Freeland Boro Muni Water Auth | 4,610 | 0 (not detected) |
| Veolia Water Pa Shavertown | 3,472 | 0 (not detected) |
| Conyngham Sugarloaf Joint Ma | 3,230 | - |
| Sci Dallas | 2,900 | - |
Next steps for Scranton, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Scranton, 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 Paw Crystal Lake 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.