Shirleysburg Muni Auth, 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
Shirleysburg Muni Auth serves about 225 people through 77 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA4310027; phone on file: 717-881-0829. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Nearby utilities
20 other systems share Huntingdon County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Huntingdon Boro Water Dept | 13,776 | 0.97 ppb |
| Mt Union Municipal Auth | 5,801 | 1.04 ppb |
| St Correct Inst Huntingdon | 2,200 | - |
| Walker Twp Muni Auth | 1,450 | - |
| Orbisonia Rockhill Jt Mun Auth | 1,200 | - |
| Mill Creek Area Mun Auth | 1,108 | - |
| Alexandria Boro Water Auth | 815 | - |
| Wood Broad Top Wells Jmun Auth | 800 | - |
| Warriors Mark Gen Auth | 750 | - |
| Petersburg Bor Water Auth | 650 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Shirleysburg, 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 Shirleysburg Muni 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. 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.