Us Army Garrison, PA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 60.8 ppb (monitoring period 2016-2016). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
About Us Army Garrison
Us Army Garrison serves about 1,700 people through 353 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws groundwater, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA7210010; phone on file: 717-245-4811. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Us Army Garrison's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Us Army Garrison is 60.8 ppb across 1 monitoring period, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 60.8 ppb over 15 |
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. Us Army Garrison's 60.8 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Pennsylvania and the 100th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Cumberland County
26 other systems share Cumberland County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Us Army Garrison. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pa American Water Co West | 105,127 | 0 (not detected) |
| Veolia Mechanicsburg | 45,013 | 3.3 ppb |
| Carlisle Water Trmt Plt | 26,000 | 2.6 ppb |
| Shippensburg Boro Water Auth | 17,800 | 1 ppb |
| South Middleton Twp Water Auth | 11,695 | 1.8 ppb |
| N Middleton Water Auth | 8,455 | 2 ppb |
| Middlesex Twp Muni Auth | 3,527 | 2.5 ppb |
| Mt Holly Springs Boro Auth | 3,261 | - |
| State Correctional Inst | 2,522 | 12 ppb |
| Newville Boro Water Auth | 2,070 | - |
What to do in your house
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Us Army Garrison 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.