Conklin Water System, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Conklin Water System at a glance
Conklin Water System serves about 2,654 people through 806 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 Broome County, New York. EPA system ID: NY0301660; phone on file: 607-775-4114. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Conklin Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Conklin Water System is 1.09 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.09 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. Conklin Water System's 1 ppb sits at the 36th percentile in New York and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
57 other systems share Broome County; 25 of them have a higher latest lead result than Conklin Water System. 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 |
| Chenango Consolidated Wd #1 | 9,200 | 2 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 |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Conklin, 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 Conklin Water System whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2010 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.