Fox Run Estates, CT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.94 ppb (monitoring period 2015-2023). 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.
Fox Run Estates at a glance
Fox Run Estates serves about 78 people through 28 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ulster County, Connecticut. EPA system ID: NY5501370; phone on file: 917-502-4633. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fox Run Estates is 2.94 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.94 ppb |
Against other Connecticut systems
Of the 493 Connecticut systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.8 ppb; 2 are over 15 ppb right now and 49 have gone over at some point. Fox Run Estates's 2.94 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in Connecticut and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Ulster County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fox Run Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bluestone Acres Mhp | 180 | 2 ppb |
| Alpine Heights Trailer Park | 60 | 1.5 ppb |
| Elliott Mobile Home Park | 45 | 5.75 ppb |
| Hillside Mobile Home Park | 42 | 5.11 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Westport, CT 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 Fox Run Estates 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.