Central Bridge Water District, 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.
Who runs the water here
Central Bridge Water District serves about 560 people through 165 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 Schoharie County, New York. EPA system ID: NY4700093. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Central Bridge Water District's lead record
That is down 2 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Central Bridge Water District is 9 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2024 | 7.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.66 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 9 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. Central Bridge Water District's 1 ppb sits at the 34th percentile in New York and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Schoharie County
15 other systems share Schoharie County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Central Bridge Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cobleskill Village | 4,678 | 2 ppb |
| Middleburgh Village | 1,500 | 4.8 ppb |
| Warnerville Water District # 1 | 1,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Schoharie Village | 922 | 2 ppb |
| Richmondville Village | 918 | 6.2 ppb |
| Sharon Springs Village | 504 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cobleskill Water District | 500 | 2 ppb |
| Jefferson Water District | 300 | 2 ppb |
| The Meadows | 300 | 1 ppb |
| Creekside Village Mhp | 115 | 0.5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Central Bridge, 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 Central Bridge Water District whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1600 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.