Bolton Water District, NY
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Bolton Water District serves about 1,800 people through 791 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Warren County, New York. EPA system ID: NY5600101; phone on file: 518-644-2444. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Bolton Water District's lead record
That is down 1.8 ppb from 1.8 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bolton Water District is 49 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 49 ppb over 15 |
How Bolton Water District 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. Bolton Water District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 16th percentile in New York and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Warren County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bolton Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Queensbury Water District | 24,450 | 3 ppb |
| Glens Falls City | 14,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Warrensburg Water District | 3,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Luzerne Water District | 2,500 | 2.5 ppb |
| Lake George Village | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Creek Water District | 1,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chestertown Water District | 885 | 3.9 ppb |
| Ledgeview Village | 680 | 3.1 ppb |
| Diamond Point Water District | 493 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arcady Bay Estates | 470 | 11.3 ppb |
Next steps for Bolton Landing, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bolton Landing, 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 Bolton Water District 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.