Cape Vincent Village, NY
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12.7 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Cape Vincent Village
Cape Vincent Village serves about 1,500 people through 506 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 Jefferson County, New York. EPA system ID: NY2202333; phone on file: 315-654-2533. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 4.9 ppb from 7.8 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cape Vincent Village is 12.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 7.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 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. Cape Vincent Village's 12.7 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in New York and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
56 other systems share Jefferson County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cape Vincent Village. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Drum | 34,000 | 0.4 ppb |
| Watertown City | 27,861 | 6.3 ppb |
| Leray Town Wd 1, 2, 4 | 7,140 | 3.3 ppb |
| Carthage Village | 3,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cape Vincent Town Wd 1 & 5 | 2,600 | - |
| Sackets Harbor Village | 2,200 | 1.2 ppb |
| Clayton Village | 2,100 | 1.8 ppb |
| Adams Village | 2,000 | 4.3 ppb |
| Alexandria Bay Village | 1,900 | 2.6 ppb |
| Pamelia Town Wd 4 & 5 | 1,857 | 4.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cape Vincent, 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 Cape Vincent Village 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.