Sproul Water Assn, PA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 19.8 ppb (monitoring period 2019-2019). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
About Sproul Water Assn
Sproul Water Assn serves about 180 people through 65 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Blair County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA4070047; phone on file: 814-239-2851. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sproul Water Assn is 19.8 ppb across 1 monitoring period, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 19.8 ppb over 15 |
How Sproul Water Assn compares
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. Sproul Water Assn's 19.8 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Blair County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sproul Water Assn. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Altoona Water Authority | 62,500 | 2.87 ppb |
| Hollidaysburg Muni Auth | 8,523 | 0.73 ppb |
| Tyrone Boro Water Auth | 6,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Roaring Spring Muni Water Auth | 3,182 | - |
| Bellwood Boro Auth | 3,162 | - |
| Martinsburg Muni Auth | 3,160 | - |
| Blair Twp Water & Sewer Auth | 2,550 | - |
| Greenfield Twp Muni Auth | 2,500 | - |
| Duncansville Muni Water Auth | 2,350 | - |
| Williamsburg Munic Auth | 1,800 | - |
Next steps for Sproul, PA
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Sproul Water Assn 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.