Hampton Bays Water District, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2027). 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 Hampton Bays Water District
Hampton Bays Water District serves about 12,500 people through 6,194 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 groundwater, in Suffolk County, New York. EPA system ID: NY5103704; phone on file: 631-728-0179. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hampton Bays Water District is 2.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.3 ppb |
How Hampton Bays Water District 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. Hampton Bays Water District's 1.3 ppb sits at the 45th percentile in New York and the 61st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Suffolk County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hampton Bays Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Suffolk County Water Authority | 1,100,000 | 1.25 ppb |
| South Huntington Water District | 81,760 | 1.3 ppb |
| Greenlawn Water District | 42,000 | 1 ppb |
| Riverhead Water District | 35,000 | 2 ppb |
| Dix Hills Water District | 34,522 | 1 ppb |
| Smithtown Water District | 19,635 | 1.2 ppb |
| Robert Moses State Park | 11,600 | 1 ppb |
| St James Water District | 10,587 | 1 ppb |
| Ocean Beach Water District | 4,500 | 1 ppb |
| Brookhaven National Laboratory | 3,500 | 2.7 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hampton Bays, 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 Hampton Bays 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.