Summit Hill Water Authority, 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
Summit Hill Water Authority serves about 2,890 people through 1,284 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 Carbon County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA3130013; phone on file: 570-645-3223. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Other water systems in Carbon County
27 other systems share Carbon County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lansford Coaldale Jt Water Aut | 9,300 | 0.34 ppb |
| Lehighton Water Authority | 9,000 | 1.82 ppb |
| Palmerton Municipal Authority | 7,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jim Thorpe Borough Water East | 2,853 | - |
| Nesquehoning Boro Water Auth | 2,850 | - |
| Weatherly Boro Mun Auth | 2,612 | - |
| Jim Thorpe Borough Water West | 2,274 | - |
| Beaver Meadows Borough | 968 | - |
| Bowmanstown Authority | 900 | 18.6 ppb |
| S R Water | 500 | - |
Next steps for Summit Hill, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Summit Hill, 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 Summit Hill Water Authority 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.