Forestport Water District, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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
Forestport Water District serves about 800 people through 280 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 Oneida County, New York. EPA system ID: NY3202389; phone on file: 315-949-4015. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Forestport Water District's lead record
Against the period ending 2019 (1.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Forestport Water District is 2.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.2 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. Forestport Water District's 1 ppb sits at the 34th percentile in New York and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
42 other systems share Oneida County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Forestport Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mvwa - Mohawk Valley Water Authority | 126,250 | 9 ppb |
| Rome City | 31,795 | 5 ppb |
| Lee Water District | 3,150 | 1 ppb |
| Sherrill - Kenwood Wd | 3,142 | - |
| Clinton Village | 3,000 | 3 ppb |
| Camden Village (Gu) | 2,800 | 1 ppb |
| Sauquoit Consolidated Wd (T/O/Paris) | 2,700 | 2 ppb |
| Hamilton College Wd | 2,672 | 1 ppb |
| Verona Wd (Rte 365 + Hamlet) | 2,345 | - |
| Boonville Village | 2,300 | 4 ppb |
Next steps for Forestport, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Forestport, 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 Forestport Water District 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. 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.