Tunkhannock Boro Munic Auth, PA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Tunkhannock Boro Munic Auth at a glance
Tunkhannock Boro Munic Auth serves about 5,349 people through 887 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA2660014; phone on file: 570-836-3493. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tunkhannock Boro Munic Auth is 0 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Tunkhannock Boro Munic Auth's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 8th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
27 other systems share Wyoming County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tunkhannock Boro Munic Auth. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Eaton Sewer & Water Co | 3,100 | - |
| Aqua Pa Factoryville | 2,323 | - |
| Nicholson Boro Auth | 789 | - |
| Aqua Pa Rivercrest | 625 | - |
| Meshoppen Borough Water Co | 563 | 32.28 ppb |
| Laceyville Water Co | 415 | - |
| Veolia Water Pa Noxen | 315 | - |
| Aqua Pa Washington Park | 300 | - |
| Clarendon Acres Water Co | 280 | - |
| Saddleview Water Llc | 233 | - |
Next steps for Tunkhannock, PA
Look up your address in Tunkhannock Boro Munic Auth's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Tunkhannock Boro Munic 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.