Reserve Twp Water Dept, PA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.47 ppb (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 result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Reserve Twp Water Dept serves about 3,204 people through 1,569 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 surface water, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA5020047; phone on file: 412-322-1551. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Reserve Twp Water Dept's lead record
That is down 1.44 ppb from 2.91 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Reserve Twp Water Dept is 16.4 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.47 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.91 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 6 ppb |
| 2018 | 4 ppb |
| 2017 | 16.4 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 5.92 ppb |
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. Reserve Twp Water Dept's 1.47 ppb sits at the 40th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
36 other systems share Allegheny County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Reserve Twp Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pa Amer Water Co-Pittsburgh | 686,000 | 4 ppb |
| Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Auth | 520,000 | 2 ppb |
| West View Water Authority | 200,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wilkinsburg-Penn Jt Water Auth | 125,000 | 9.78 ppb |
| Hampton Shaler Water Authority | 61,949 | 1.26 ppb |
| Monroeville Municipal Auth | 48,500 | 1.5 ppb |
| Oakmont Water Authority | 39,901 | 0.46 ppb |
| Moon Twp Muni Auth | 38,000 | 1.87 ppb |
| West Cnty Muni Auth-Mckeesport | 32,644 | 0 (not detected) |
| Plum Boro Muni Auth | 27,500 | 3.7 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pittsburgh, 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 Reserve Twp Water Dept 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.