Fair Haven Village, NY
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13.8 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Fair Haven Village
Fair Haven Village serves about 1,001 people through 734 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 Cayuga County, New York. EPA system ID: NY0501717; phone on file: 315-947-5112. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 10.8 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fair Haven Village is 13.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.8 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
How Fair Haven Village compares
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. Fair Haven Village's 13.8 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in New York and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
31 other systems share Cayuga County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fair Haven Village. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Auburn | 27,179 | 1.17 ppb |
| Owasco Water District | 3,000 | 2 ppb |
| Weedsport Village | 2,300 | 1.8 ppb |
| Union Springs Village | 2,000 | 4.2 ppb |
| Moravia Village | 1,950 | 3 ppb |
| Fleming Wd #1 | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sennett Consolidated Water Districts | 1,467 | 2.9 ppb |
| Port Byron Village | 1,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Brutus Consolidated Water Districts | 1,287 | 5 ppb |
| Cayuga County Water & Sewer | 958 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fair Haven, 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 Fair Haven 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.