Red Lion Municipal Authority, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
About Red Lion Municipal Authority
Red Lion Municipal Authority serves about 15,882 people through 7,056 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in York County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA7670086; phone on file: 717-378-2322. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Red Lion Municipal Authority'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 Red Lion Municipal Authority is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 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. Red Lion Municipal Authority's 1 ppb sits at the 32nd percentile in Pennsylvania and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
43 other systems share York County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Red Lion Municipal Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| York Water Co | 206,762 | 3 ppb |
| Hanover Muni Water Works | 40,900 | 2 ppb |
| Dover Twp Water Sys | 21,097 | 4.9 ppb |
| Dallastown Yoe Water Auth | 12,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Manchester Twp Auth | 9,960 | 2 ppb |
| Dillsburg Area Authority | 8,962 | 0 (not detected) |
| Veolia Newberry System | 6,480 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stewartstown Boro Water Auth | 5,206 | 0 (not detected) |
| Shrewsbury Borough | 4,727 | 2 ppb |
| New Freedom Boro Water Auth | 4,464 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Red Lion, 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 Red Lion 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.