Jericho Wd, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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 Jericho Wd
Jericho Wd serves about 58,000 people through 18,466 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws groundwater, in Nassau County, New York. EPA system ID: NY2902831; phone on file: 516-921-8280. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Jericho Wd's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jericho Wd is 5 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2024 | 5 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Jericho Wd's 2 ppb sits at the 61st percentile in New York and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Nassau County
39 other systems share Nassau County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jericho Wd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Liberty Utilities New York - Lynbrook | 220,000 | 5 ppb |
| Liberty Utilities New York - Merrick | 135,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wa Of Western Nassau | 120,000 | 1.4 ppb |
| Town Of Hempstead Water Department | 110,000 | 1 ppb |
| Hempstead (V) | 56,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hicksville Wd | 48,000 | 1 ppb |
| Freeport (V) | 45,000 | 3 ppb |
| South Farmingdale Wd | 44,700 | 1 ppb |
| Manhasset Lakeville Wd | 43,000 | 1.6 ppb |
| Massapequa Wd | 43,000 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Syosset, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Syosset, 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 Jericho Wd 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.