Union City Municipal Authority, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.53 ppb (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. 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.
Union City Municipal Authority at a glance
Union City Municipal Authority serves about 4,295 people through 1,131 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 surface water, in Erie County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA6250064; phone on file: 814-438-3721. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Union City Municipal Authority's lead record
That is down 2.65 ppb from 4.18 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Union City Municipal Authority is 4.18 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.53 ppb |
| 2022 | 4.18 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other Pennsylvania systems
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. Union City Municipal Authority's 1.53 ppb sits at the 42nd percentile in Pennsylvania and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
37 other systems share Erie County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Union City Municipal Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Erie City Water Authority | 220,001 | 1.08 ppb |
| Summit Township Water Authorit | 12,500 | 0.89 ppb |
| Municipal Authority Of Corry | 7,800 | 1.45 ppb |
| Edinboro Water Authority | 7,800 | 3.63 ppb |
| North East Township Water | 5,848 | 2.6 ppb |
| Albion Borough | 5,842 | 0.79 ppb |
| North East Borough Water Dept | 4,601 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairview Twp Water District 1 | 4,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairview Twp Water Auth Dist 3 | 3,320 | 0 (not detected) |
| Girard Boro Water Dept | 3,301 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Union City, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Union City, 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 Union City Municipal 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.