Paw Glen Alsace Div, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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 Glen Alsace Div
Paw Glen Alsace Div serves about 24,951 people through 9,616 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA3060088; phone on file: 610-384-1776. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Paw Glen Alsace Div's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Paw Glen Alsace Div is 3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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 Glen Alsace Div's 1 ppb sits at the 33rd percentile in Pennsylvania and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Berks County
71 other systems share Berks County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Paw Glen Alsace Div. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Area Water Authority | 95,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Paw Penn District | 28,508 | 3 ppb |
| Muhlenberg Twp Muni Auth | 22,400 | 1 ppb |
| Kutztown Borough Water | 14,200 | 3 ppb |
| Shillington Muni Auth | 13,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mt Penn Boro Muni Auth | 10,400 | 3.4 ppb |
| Wyomissing Boro Water System | 8,500 | 1 ppb |
| Boyertown Muni Auth | 8,000 | 3.7 ppb |
| Wernersville Muni Water Auth | 7,920 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maidencreek Twp Water Auth | 7,505 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mechanicsburg, 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 Glen Alsace Div whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1450 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.