Higby Club Water System, NY
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12.15 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Higby Club Water System serves about 50 people through 15 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Herkimer County, New York. EPA system ID: NY2118728; phone on file: 315-243-9981. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 11.4 ppb from 0.75 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Higby Club Water System is 12.15 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (3 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 12.15 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 0.75 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 10.9 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 11.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 8.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
How Higby Club Water System 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. Higby Club Water System's 12.15 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in New York and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
33 other systems share Herkimer County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Higby Club Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ilion (V) Water Works | 8,053 | 36 ppb |
| Herkimer Village | 7,606 | 19 ppb |
| Little Falls City | 4,605 | 8.96 ppb |
| Frankfort (V) Water Works | 2,995 | 1.7 ppb |
| Mohawk (V) Water Works | 2,985 | 1.5 ppb |
| Dolgeville (V) Pws | 2,166 | 0 (not detected) |
| Old Forge-Thendara Water District | 1,275 | 3.7 ppb |
| East Herkimer Water District | 1,024 | - |
| West Winfield Village | 862 | 5.64 ppb |
| Town Of Webb Wd#1 | 780 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; N. Syracuse, 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 Higby Club Water System whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2135 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.