State Corr Inst Benner Twp, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.69 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. 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.
State Corr Inst Benner Twp at a glance
State Corr Inst Benner Twp serves about 2,850 people through 28 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws surface water, in Centre County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA4140098; phone on file: 814-355-4874. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2019 (2.47 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for State Corr Inst Benner Twp is 2.69 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.69 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.47 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.4 ppb |
How State Corr Inst Benner Twp 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. State Corr Inst Benner Twp's 2.69 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
42 other systems share Centre County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than State Corr Inst Benner Twp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| State College Boro Water Auth | 72,000 | 3.7 ppb |
| Penn State Univ | 37,000 | 10.8 ppb |
| Paw Philipsburg | 20,865 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bellefonte Borough Water Auth | 9,500 | 4.62 ppb |
| College Twp Water Authority | 6,000 | 2.4 ppb |
| Mountaintop Reg Water Auth | 3,456 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spring Twp Water Authority | 3,300 | 2.9 ppb |
| Walker Twp Water Assn | 3,250 | - |
| Milesburg Borough Water Auth | 2,750 | - |
| Centre Hall Boro Water Dept | 1,900 | 43.27 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bellefonte, 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 State Corr Inst Benner Twp 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.