Pawc Pocono District, 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 Pawc Pocono District
Pawc Pocono District serves about 17,860 people through 7,949 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA2450063; phone on file: 570-894-4008. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Pawc Pocono District'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 Pawc Pocono District is 3.8 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 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.8 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. Pawc Pocono District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 18th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Monroe County
65 other systems share Monroe County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pawc Pocono District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brodhead Creek Reg Water Auth | 30,000 | 0.57 ppb |
| E Stroudsburg Boro Water Dept | 13,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pawc Penn Estates | 4,300 | 1 ppb |
| Tobyhanna Army Depot | 3,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pawc Manwalamink | 3,200 | - |
| Bcra Pocono Jackson System | 2,100 | - |
| Pawc Blue Mt Lake | 1,753 | - |
| Pawc Mid Monroe | 1,580 | - |
| Aqua Pa Hamilton Water Co | 1,500 | - |
| Aqua Pa Mountainhome System | 1,450 | - |
Next steps for Tobyhanna, PA
Look up your address in Pawc Pocono District'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 Pawc Pocono District 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.