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What About Lead?

Pennsylvania American Water Company Ellwood Cty - click here to return to the utility page.

According to EWG’s analysis of 2019 lead testing results, this utility complied with federal water quality regulations for lead. Under the federal Lead and Copper Rule, lead concentrations must be below 15 parts per billion (ppb) in 90 percent of households sampled. If this legal limit is exceeded, the water utility must apply measures to control lead leaching from water pipes.

Number of lead samples taken in 2019: 32

Highest level detected in 2019: 3.0 ppb

Levels of lead detected


Complying with the EPA's lead rules doesn't mean that the water is safe for children to drink. The EPA’s recent modeling suggests that lead concentrations in the 3.8 to 15 ppb range can put a formula-fed baby at risk of elevated blood lead levels. In 2009, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment set a public health goal level of 0.2 ppb for lead in drinking water to protect against even subtle IQ loss in children.

Lead Results, 2019

Samples in red indicate that the sample is above the EPA action level.

DateLab IDResult
2019-07-09445085013.00 ppb
2019-08-25445080013.00 ppb
2019-07-09445096012.00 ppb
2019-09-06445082011.000 ppb
2019-08-27445074011.000 ppb
2019-07-10445092011.000 ppb
2019-08-2844507501ND
2019-08-2744507601ND
2019-08-2744506901ND
2019-08-2744506801ND
2019-08-2744506701ND
2019-08-2744507301ND
2019-08-2744507101ND
2019-08-2844507801ND
2019-08-3044507701ND
2019-09-0344508101ND
2019-09-1145104201ND
2019-10-2246836601ND
2019-08-2744507001ND
2019-08-2744509701ND
2019-07-0944509101ND
2019-08-2744509801ND
2019-08-2644509901ND
2019-07-1044509501ND
2019-07-1044509401ND
2019-07-1044509301ND
2019-07-0944509001ND
2019-07-0944508901ND
2019-07-0944508401ND
2019-07-0944508601ND
2019-07-0944508701ND
2019-07-0944508801ND
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