Central Park, NY
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2020-2028). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Central Park serves about 35 people through 18 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Schoharie County, New York. EPA system ID: NY4701524; phone on file: 518-231-0479. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Central Park's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Central Park is 2.5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.5 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. Central Park's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 1st percentile in New York and the 1st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Schoharie County
15 other systems share Schoharie County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Central Park. 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 |
| Central Bridge Water District | 560 | 1 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 |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Central Park's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Central Park 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.