W Freedom Water Assn, PA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 19.75 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 W Freedom Water Assn
W Freedom Water Assn serves about 250 people through 83 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Clarion County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: PA6160021. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for W Freedom Water Assn is 19.75 ppb across 1 monitoring period, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 19.75 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. W Freedom Water Assn's 19.75 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Clarion County
13 other systems share Clarion County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than W Freedom Water Assn. 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 Clarion | 10,372 | 1 ppb |
| Redbank Valley Mun Auth | 3,150 | - |
| Rimersburg Boro Muni Auth | 1,873 | - |
| Hawthorn Redbank Redbank Ma | 1,500 | - |
| Knox Water Works | 1,380 | - |
| East Brady Water System | 1,040 | - |
| Foxburg Area Water & Sewer Aut | 925 | - |
| Pawc Corner | 857 | - |
| Fryburg Water Company | 490 | - |
| St Petersburg Municipal Water | 465 | - |
Next steps for Parker, PA
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 W Freedom Water Assn 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.