Dickinson Wd #3, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Who runs the water here
Dickinson Wd #3 serves about 1,467 people through 490 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 surface water, in Broome County, New York. EPA system ID: NY0301695; phone on file: 607-723-9401. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Dickinson Wd #3's lead record
That is down 1.5 ppb from 3.5 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dickinson Wd #3 is 12 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 12 ppb over 10 |
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. Dickinson Wd #3's 2 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in New York and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Broome County
57 other systems share Broome County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dickinson Wd #3. 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 |
| 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 |
What to do in your house
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 Dickinson Wd #3 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.