Binghamton, City Of, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Binghamton, City Of at a glance
Binghamton, City Of serves about 47,600 people through 14,500 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Broome County, New York. EPA system ID: NY0301651; phone on file: 607-772-7221. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Binghamton, City Of's lead record
That is down 2 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Binghamton, City Of is 7.9 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 7.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 7.7 ppb |
Against other New York systems
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. Binghamton, City Of's 1 ppb sits at the 38th percentile in New York and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Broome County
57 other systems share Broome County; 25 of them have a higher latest lead result than Binghamton, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Endicott Municipal Water Works | 45,000 | 4 ppb |
| Vestal Consolidated W.D. #1 | 22,200 | 1 ppb |
| Johnson City Water Works | 16,578 | 2 ppb |
| Chenango Consolidated Wd #1 | 9,200 | 2 ppb |
| Conklin Water System | 2,654 | 1 ppb |
| Binghamton (T) Consolidated Wd | 2,600 | 1.3 ppb |
| Kirkwood Consolidated Wd #1 | 2,600 | 1 ppb |
| Hillcrest Wd #1 | 2,100 | 1 ppb |
| Deposit (V) Water Department | 2,080 | 1 ppb |
| Port Dickinson Village | 1,785 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Binghamton, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Binghamton, 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 Binghamton, City Of 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.