Gloversville (C) Water Works, NY
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7.9 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Gloversville (C) Water Works
Gloversville (C) Water Works serves about 17,991 people through 6,751 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Fulton County, New York. EPA system ID: NY1700018; phone on file: 518-773-4528. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Gloversville (C) Water Works's lead record
That is up 1.4 ppb from 6.5 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gloversville (C) Water Works is 15.5 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.9 ppb |
| 2024 | 6.5 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 15.5 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 6.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 4 ppb |
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. Gloversville (C) Water Works's 7.9 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in New York and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Fulton County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gloversville (C) Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Johnstown (C) Water Works | 8,154 | 2.5 ppb |
| Broadalbin (V) | 1,500 | 2.3 ppb |
| Northville (V) Water Wks. | 1,180 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northampton (T) Water District | 1,000 | 0.6 ppb |
| Mayfield (V) Water Works | 850 | 1.5 ppb |
| Hale Creek Asacta Center | 610 | - |
| Paradise Pines Mhp | 350 | 1.4 ppb |
| Indian Village | 145 | 3 ppb |
| Aspen Hills Water District | 140 | - |
| Woodridge Mobile Home Park | 78 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gloversville, 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 Gloversville (C) Water Works 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.