Hamden Water Dist 2 - Delancey, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
About Hamden Water Dist 2 - Delancey
Hamden Water Dist 2 - Delancey serves about 136 people through 64 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Delaware County, New York. EPA system ID: NY1200256; phone on file: 607-746-6660. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Hamden Water Dist 2 - Delancey's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hamden Water Dist 2 - Delancey is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Hamden Water Dist 2 - Delancey 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. Hamden Water Dist 2 - Delancey's 1 ppb sits at the 30th percentile in New York and the 52nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
31 other systems share Delaware County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hamden Water Dist 2 - Delancey. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi Village | 3,833 | 8.8 ppb |
| Sidney Village | 3,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walton Village | 3,010 | 0.7 ppb |
| Stamford Village | 1,280 | 1.8 ppb |
| Hancock Village | 1,182 | 3 ppb |
| Hobart Village | 700 | 3 ppb |
| Margaretville Village | 650 | 1.5 ppb |
| Downsville Water District | 617 | 1.5 ppb |
| Davenport Water District | 600 | 2.4 ppb |
| Roxbury Water District | 600 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hamden, 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 Hamden Water Dist 2 - Delancey 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.