Heritage Springs Water Works, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 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.
Heritage Springs Water Works at a glance
Heritage Springs Water Works serves about 3,200 people through 1,584 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Saratoga County, New York. EPA system ID: NY4522501; phone on file: 518-371-7621. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.8 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Heritage Springs Water Works is 3.76 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.76 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. Heritage Springs Water Works's 1.2 ppb sits at the 43rd percentile in New York and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
70 other systems share Saratoga County; 27 of them have a higher latest lead result than Heritage Springs Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton Park Water Authority | 35,000 | 1 ppb |
| Saratoga Springs City | 26,525 | 3.4 ppb |
| Halfmoon Water District (Troy) | 15,000 | 2.4 ppb |
| Burnt Hills-Ballston Lk Wd | 10,000 | 2 ppb |
| Waterford Water Works (Purchase Troy) | 9,800 | 3.93 ppb |
| Wilton Water & Sewer Authority | 9,490 | 3.96 ppb |
| Malta Water District #1 | 8,950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Moreau Wd #2 (Queensbury) | 6,600 | 3 ppb |
| Ballston Spa Village | 6,541 | 2.7 ppb |
| Mechanicville City | 5,200 | 2.52 ppb |
Next steps for Clifton Park, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clifton Park, 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 Heritage Springs 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.