Port Allegany Water Department, PA
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
About Port Allegany Water Department
Port Allegany Water Department serves about 2,591 people through 1,033 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Mckean County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA6420021; phone on file: 814-642-2526. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Other water systems in Mckean County
16 other systems share Mckean County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford City Water Authority | 18,500 | 1.29 ppb |
| Pa American Water Co Kane | 5,725 | 0 (not detected) |
| Smethport Borough | 2,400 | - |
| Aqua Pa Mt Jewett | 972 | - |
| Lewis Run Borough | 892 | - |
| Aiken Water Company | 850 | 15.2 ppb |
| Eldred Borough Water Auth | 850 | - |
| Rew Water Association | 325 | - |
| Rixford Waterworks Association | 234 | - |
| Hazel Hurst Water Company | 140 | - |
Next steps for Port Allegany, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Port Allegany, 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 Port Allegany Water Department 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.