Paw Watres, PA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Paw Watres
Paw Watres serves about 52,002 people through 20,791 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA2409011; phone on file: 570-829-5398. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Paw Watres's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Paw Watres is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Paw Watres 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 Watres's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 22nd percentile in Pennsylvania and the 40th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Luzerne County
68 other systems share Luzerne County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Paw Watres. 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) |
| Hca Hazleton Division | 45,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Paw Huntsville | 11,987 | 1.8 ppb |
| Paw Crystal Lake | 9,773 | 4 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
Look up your address in Paw Watres's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Paw Watres 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.