Baker Estates, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 ppb (monitoring period 2015-2023). 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
Baker Estates serves about 50 people through 31 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Chautauqua County, New York. EPA system ID: NY0630030; phone on file: 716-664-1721. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Baker Estates is 2.7 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.7 ppb |
How Baker Estates compares
Of the 2,077 New York systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.5 ppb; 17 are over 15 ppb right now and 165 have gone over at some point. Baker Estates's 2.7 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in New York and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
49 other systems share Chautauqua County; 20 of them have a higher latest lead result than Baker Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jamestown Bpu | 46,712 | 3.2 ppb |
| Dunkirk City | 12,743 | 9.7 ppb |
| Fredonia Village | 9,585 | 6.1 ppb |
| Chautauqua Utility District | 9,000 | 7.6 ppb |
| Westfield Village And Town | 3,890 | 1 ppb |
| Silver Creek Village | 3,100 | 0.27 ppb |
| North Chautauqua County Water District | 3,100 | 1.9 ppb |
| Brocton Portland Water District | 3,086 | 8.7 ppb |
| Carroll (T) Water District | 2,600 | 2.18 ppb |
| Hanover Wd #1 5&20 Slvr Crk To Catt Crk | 2,173 | 4.07 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lakewood, NY 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 Baker Estates 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.