Lead in Pennsylvania water
Lead was detected in 72 of 99 Pennsylvania cities with a published result, 1 of them above the action level.
1 city above the action level
- AliquippaAbove reference
- AllentownDetected
- AltoonaDetected
- Ambler BoroDetected
- AmbridgeDetected
- Bear Valley JointDetected
- Beaver Falls MuniDetected
- BradfordDetected
- Brodhead Creek RegDetected
- Carlisle Trmt PltDetected
- Center TwpDetected
- Chambersburg Boro SysDetected
- CharleroiDetected
- ChesterDetected
- Dover Twp SysDetected
- East HempfieldDetected
- Elizabethtown AreaDetected
- EmmausDetected
- Ephrata Area JointDetected
- ErieDetected
- Falls TwpDetected
- Gettysburg MuniDetected
- Greater Johnstown Wa RiversideDetected
- Hampton ShalerDetected
- Hanover MuniDetected
- Harrison TwpDetected
- HighridgeDetected
- Huntingdon BoroDetected
- KutztownDetected
- LancasterDetected
- Latrobe MuniDetected
- Lca Wlsa CentralDetected
- LebanonDetected
- Meadville AreaDetected
- Mifflin Cnty MuniDetected
- MonroevilleDetected
- Moon Twp MuniDetected
- Morrisville MunicDetected
- Mt Joy BoroDetected
- Mt Penn Boro MuniDetected
- Muhlenberg Twp MuniDetected
- North Fayette Cnty MuniDetected
- North WalesDetected
- Northampton Bucks MunDetected
- Nwwa Warrington TownshipDetected
- OakmontDetected
- Pa American CoatesvilleDetected
- PennDetected
- PhiladelphiaDetected
- PhoenixvilleDetected
- PittsburghDetected
- Plum Boro MuniDetected
- PottstownDetected
- Quakertown BoroDetected
- Red LionDetected
- Richland TwpDetected
- Robinson Twp MuniDetected
- Schuylkill MunDetected
- Shippensburg BoroDetected
- Slippery Rock MuniDetected
- South Middleton TwpDetected
- Southwestern PaDetected
- St Marys AreaDetected
- State College BoroDetected
- Summit Township AuthoritDetected
- SwtDetected
- Tri Cnty Jt MuniDetected
- WaynesboroDetected
- Western Allegheny County Mun ADetected
- Whitehall TwpDetected
- Wilkinsburg-Penn JtDetected
- Williamsport MunDetected
Not detected or no usable result: 27 cities
- Bcwsa Lower SouthNot detected
- BethlehemNot detected
- Capital RegionNot detected
- ClearfieldNot detected
- Creswell Heights JtNot detected
- Dallastown YoeNot detected
- E Stroudsburg BoroNot detected
- Easton AreaNot detected
- Findlay TwpNot detected
- Fox ChapelNot detected
- GuilfordNot detected
- HazletonNot detected
- Highland S W BeaverdamNot detected
- HorshamNot detected
- Lock HavenNot detected
- Lower Bucks Joint MunNot detected
- New Kensington MuniNot detected
- Northampton Boro MuniNot detected
- PerkasieNot detected
- Reading AreaNot detected
- Shillington MuniNot detected
- SunburyNot detected
- Upper Southampton MunNot detected
- WarminsterNot detected
- Warwick TwpNot detected
- West Cnty Muni Auth-MckeesportNot detected
- West ViewNot detected
Values are from the published EPA record; a contaminant that was never tested is shown as pending, never as a pass. Above the action level is a regulatory trigger for the system, not a measurement of any single home.
What can carry a lead reduction claim
- Reverse osmosis
Semi-permeable membrane separation removing dissolved minerals, heavy metals, and persistent fluorinated chemicals down to 0.0001 microns.
- NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 53 lead-certified filters
- Replacing lead service lines
Boiling does not remove a dissolved chemical compound and can concentrate it. Many pitcher and refrigerator filters carry no verified claim for a compound like this at all.
A finding establishes the need, the need names the capability, the capability requires a verified certification. No product appears before that sequence completes. Filter Finder →