Pike Twp Municipal Authority, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.25 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.
Pike Twp Municipal Authority at a glance
Pike Twp Municipal Authority serves about 4,500 people through 1,820 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA6170013; phone on file: 814-236-2466. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.59 ppb from 2.84 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pike Twp Municipal Authority is 2.84 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.25 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.84 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Pike Twp Municipal Authority's 1.25 ppb sits at the 37th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Clearfield County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pike Twp Municipal Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clearfield Municipal Auth | 14,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Houtzdale Municipal Authority | 8,410 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Dubois Water Depart | 7,794 | 3.1 ppb |
| Aqua Pa Inc Treasure Lake Div | 4,155 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cooper Twp Municipal Auth | 3,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Irvona Municipal Authority | 1,980 | - |
| Beccaria Coalport Irvona M A | 1,875 | - |
| Sandy Township | 1,828 | - |
| Covington Karthaus Girard A A | 1,700 | - |
| Brady Twp Water Association | 1,570 | - |
Next steps for Curwensville, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Curwensville, 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 Pike Twp Municipal Authority 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.