Pleasant Valley Water Auth, PA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2022). 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.
Who runs the water here
Pleasant Valley Water Auth serves about 3,630 people through 1,495 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 Fayette County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA5260006; phone on file: 724-628-2930. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2019 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pleasant Valley Water Auth is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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. Pleasant Valley Water Auth's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 3rd percentile in Pennsylvania and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Fayette County
18 other systems share Fayette County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pleasant Valley Water Auth. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mawc Yough Plant | 133,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Fayette Cnty Muni Auth | 35,409 | 2.23 ppb |
| Pa-American Water- Uniontown | 23,125 | 1 ppb |
| Pa-American Water Co-Connellsv | 11,425 | 0 (not detected) |
| Muni Auth Of Washington Twp | 9,100 | 2.7 ppb |
| Pa-American Water-Brownsville | 7,844 | 2 ppb |
| Indian Creek Valley Water Auth | 7,000 | 2 ppb |
| Belle Vernon Boro Muni Auth | 6,000 | 1.75 ppb |
| Mountain Water Assn | 3,856 | 1.79 ppb |
| Masontown Muni Water Works | 3,841 | 1.07 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Pleasant Valley Water Auth'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 Pleasant Valley Water Auth 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.