Bristol Harbour Water Corp, NY
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Bristol Harbour Water Corp
Bristol Harbour Water Corp serves about 835 people through 334 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Ontario County, New York. EPA system ID: NY3400784. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (12 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bristol Harbour Water Corp is 12 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2025 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 5 ppb |
| 2019 | 7 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Bristol Harbour Water Corp's 12 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in New York and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
34 other systems share Ontario County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Bristol Harbour Water Corp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Geneva City | 13,334 | 3 ppb |
| Canandaigua-Farmington Consolidated W.D. | 13,000 | 1.3 ppb |
| Canandaigua City | 11,264 | 1.2 ppb |
| Mcwa - Geneva | 8,532 | 4 ppb |
| Canandaigua Town Cons. Wd | 6,800 | 1.3 ppb |
| Hopewell Cons Wd 1 | 3,781 | 1.3 ppb |
| Gorham Town Wd | 3,420 | 2.8 ppb |
| Geneva Wd #2 Csa | 2,680 | 2.1 ppb |
| Seneca Town Wd | 2,625 | 2.1 ppb |
| Victor Village | 2,443 | 5800 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Canandaigua, 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 Bristol Harbour Water Corp 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.