Ulysses Municipal 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.
About Ulysses Municipal Authority
Ulysses Municipal Authority serves about 640 people through 225 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 Potter County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA6530006; phone on file: 814-848-7551. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Other water systems in Potter County
8 other systems share Potter County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Coudersport Boro Authority | 3,166 | 0 (not detected) |
| Roulette Twp Water Authority | 1,300 | 24.5 ppb |
| Shinglehouse Boro Water Dept | 1,250 | - |
| Galeton Borough Authority | 1,200 | - |
| Charles Cole Memorial Hospital | 750 | - |
| Austin Borough Water | 700 | - |
| Genesee Twp Water Authority | 450 | - |
| Northern Tier Childrens Home | 45 | 356.55 ppb |
Next steps for Ulysses, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ulysses, 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 Ulysses Municipal Authority whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 5355 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.