Hounsfield Wd 1, 5, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.4 ppb (monitoring period 2017-2017). 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 Hounsfield Wd 1, 5
Hounsfield Wd 1, 5 serves about 480 people through 112 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Jefferson County, New York. EPA system ID: NY2221870; phone on file: 315-782-6380. 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 1.34 ppb from 1.06 ppb in the period ending 2016. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hounsfield Wd 1, 5 is 2.4 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.06 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. Hounsfield Wd 1, 5's 2.4 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in New York and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
56 other systems share Jefferson County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hounsfield Wd 1, 5. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Drum | 34,000 | 0.4 ppb |
| Watertown City | 27,861 | 6.3 ppb |
| Leray Town Wd 1, 2, 4 | 7,140 | 3.3 ppb |
| Carthage Village | 3,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cape Vincent Town Wd 1 & 5 | 2,600 | - |
| Sackets Harbor Village | 2,200 | 1.2 ppb |
| Clayton Village | 2,100 | 1.8 ppb |
| Adams Village | 2,000 | 4.3 ppb |
| Alexandria Bay Village | 1,900 | 2.6 ppb |
| Pamelia Town Wd 4 & 5 | 1,857 | 4.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Watertown, 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 Hounsfield Wd 1, 5 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.