Veolia Water Pa Inc Bloomsburg, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 8 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.
Who runs the water here
Veolia Water Pa Inc Bloomsburg serves about 29,382 people through 6,787 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA4190008; phone on file: 570-784-5466. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Veolia Water Pa Inc Bloomsburg's lead record
That is down 2.2 ppb from 10.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Veolia Water Pa Inc Bloomsburg is 10.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 ppb |
| 2022 | 10.2 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 2.15 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.71 ppb |
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. Veolia Water Pa Inc Bloomsburg's 8 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in Pennsylvania and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Columbia County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Veolia Water Pa Inc Bloomsburg. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pa American Water Berwick | 15,282 | 0.9 ppb |
| Catawissa Municipal Water Auth | 1,644 | - |
| Benton Municipal Water Auth | 1,333 | - |
| Aqua Pa Mifflin Township | 1,220 | - |
| Millville Municipal Authority | 969 | - |
| Orangeville Municipal Water Au | 508 | - |
| Brookside Village Mhp | 475 | - |
| Veolia Water Pa Inc Ccip | 419 | - |
| Wonderview Water Co | 350 | - |
| Stony Brook Circle Mhp | 272 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bloomsburg, 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 Veolia Water Pa Inc Bloomsburg 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.