Rural Valley Water Works, 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.
Who runs the water here
Rural Valley Water Works serves about 1,000 people through 418 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 Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA5030012; phone on file: 724-783-6721. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Neighbouring systems
21 other systems share Armstrong County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kittanning Suburb Jt Water Aut | 8,000 | 0.67 ppb |
| Manor Twp Jt Muni Auth | 6,744 | 0.49 ppb |
| Buffalo Twp Mun Auth Freeport | 5,849 | 2.72 ppb |
| Pa American Water Kittanning | 4,499 | 3 ppb |
| Ford City Muni Water Works | 2,991 | - |
| Parks Twp Muni Auth | 2,049 | - |
| West Kittanning Muni Auth | 2,000 | - |
| E Armstrong Cnty Muni Auth | 1,875 | - |
| Gilpin Twp Muni Auth | 1,680 | - |
| Worthington West Franklin Jma | 1,500 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rural Valley, 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 Rural Valley Water Works 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.