Chenango Consolidated Wd #1, NY
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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. 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.
About Chenango Consolidated Wd #1
Chenango Consolidated Wd #1 serves about 9,200 people through 2,531 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Broome County, New York. EPA system ID: NY0301653; phone on file: 607-648-4809. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Chenango Consolidated Wd #1 is 18 ppb across 23 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2025 | 18 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 6.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 13.6 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 6.18 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.33 ppb |
| 2019 | 7 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.52 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.29 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.31 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.7 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. Chenango Consolidated Wd #1's 2 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in New York and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
57 other systems share Broome County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Chenango Consolidated Wd #1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Binghamton, City Of | 47,600 | 1 ppb |
| Endicott Municipal Water Works | 45,000 | 4 ppb |
| Vestal Consolidated W.D. #1 | 22,200 | 1 ppb |
| Johnson City Water Works | 16,578 | 2 ppb |
| Conklin Water System | 2,654 | 1 ppb |
| Binghamton (T) Consolidated Wd | 2,600 | 1.3 ppb |
| Kirkwood Consolidated Wd #1 | 2,600 | 1 ppb |
| Hillcrest Wd #1 | 2,100 | 1 ppb |
| Deposit (V) Water Department | 2,080 | 1 ppb |
| Port Dickinson Village | 1,785 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Binghamton, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Binghamton, 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 Chenango Consolidated Wd #1 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.