Cherry Valley Village, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.7 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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.
About Cherry Valley Village
Cherry Valley Village serves about 620 people through 270 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 groundwater, in Otsego County, New York. EPA system ID: NY3800144; phone on file: 607-264-3791. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Cherry Valley Village's lead record
Against the period ending 2019 (4.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cherry Valley Village is 4.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 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. Cherry Valley Village's 3.7 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in New York and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Otsego County
35 other systems share Otsego County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cherry Valley Village. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oneonta City | 15,954 | 6 ppb |
| Cooperstown Village | 1,926 | 0 (not detected) |
| Richfield Springs Village | 1,200 | 3 ppb |
| Unadilla Village | 1,128 | 3.5 ppb |
| Otego Village | 1,010 | 1.3 ppb |
| Edmeston Water District | 890 | 0 (not detected) |
| Worcester Wd #2 - Worcester | 656 | 0.8 ppb |
| Morris Village | 652 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maryland Water District | 524 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gilbertsville Village | 477 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Cherry Valley, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cherry Valley, 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 Cherry Valley 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.