Fallsburg Who-Ls-Sf, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
Fallsburg Who-Ls-Sf at a glance
Fallsburg Who-Ls-Sf serves about 7,850 people through 2,300 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Sullivan County, New York. EPA system ID: NY5203324; phone on file: 845-434-8810. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fallsburg Who-Ls-Sf is 8.1 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.67 ppb |
| 2019 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 8.1 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. Fallsburg Who-Ls-Sf's 2 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in New York and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Sullivan County
64 other systems share Sullivan County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fallsburg Who-Ls-Sf. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Monticello Village | 8,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Liberty Village | 3,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stevensville+Rfl | 3,250 | 1 ppb |
| Swan In Swan Lake | 2,900 | - |
| Emerald Green Lake Louise Marie Wc | 2,400 | 2.65 ppb |
| Livingston Manor Wd | 1,500 | 3 ppb |
| Wurtsboro Village | 1,400 | 7.01 ppb |
| Roscoe-Rockland Wd | 1,000 | 11 ppb |
| Adelaar Wd | 1,000 | - |
| Woodbourne Correctional Facility | 997 | 1.54 ppb |
Next steps for South Fallsburg, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; South Fallsburg, 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 Fallsburg Who-Ls-Sf whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1900 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.