Clifton Park Water Authority, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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.
Clifton Park Water Authority at a glance
Clifton Park Water Authority serves about 35,000 people through 13,817 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws surface water, in Saratoga County, New York. EPA system ID: NY4500175; phone on file: 518-383-1122. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Clifton Park Water Authority's lead record
Against the period ending 2027 (1.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Clifton Park Water Authority is 1.9 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 1 ppb |
| 2027 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.3 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. Clifton Park Water Authority's 1 ppb sits at the 38th percentile in New York and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
70 other systems share Saratoga County; 31 of them have a higher latest lead result than Clifton Park Water Authority. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Saratoga Springs City | 26,525 | 3.4 ppb |
| Halfmoon Water District (Troy) | 15,000 | 2.4 ppb |
| Burnt Hills-Ballston Lk Wd | 10,000 | 2 ppb |
| Waterford Water Works (Purchase Troy) | 9,800 | 3.93 ppb |
| Wilton Water & Sewer Authority | 9,490 | 3.96 ppb |
| Malta Water District #1 | 8,950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Moreau Wd #2 (Queensbury) | 6,600 | 3 ppb |
| Ballston Spa Village | 6,541 | 2.7 ppb |
| Mechanicville City | 5,200 | 2.52 ppb |
| Saratoga Springs City (Geyser Crest) | 4,000 | 3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clifton Park, 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 Clifton Park Water Authority 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.