Tionesta Borough Water Supply, 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.
Tionesta Borough Water Supply at a glance
Tionesta Borough Water Supply serves about 610 people through 272 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 Forest County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA6270001; phone on file: 814-755-3502. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Neighbouring systems
2 other systems share Forest County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua Pa Jenks Twp Wtp | 4,320 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Hickory Water Company | 450 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tionesta, 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 Tionesta Borough Water Supply 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.