Johnstown (C) Water Works, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.5 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.
About Johnstown (C) Water Works
Johnstown (C) Water Works serves about 8,154 people through 3,200 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Fulton County, New York. EPA system ID: NY1700019; phone on file: 518-736-4012. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Johnstown (C) Water Works's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (2.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Johnstown (C) Water Works is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
How Johnstown (C) Water Works 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. Johnstown (C) Water Works's 2.5 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in New York and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Fulton County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Johnstown (C) Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gloversville (C) Water Works | 17,991 | 7.9 ppb |
| Broadalbin (V) | 1,500 | 2.3 ppb |
| Northville (V) Water Wks. | 1,180 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northampton (T) Water District | 1,000 | 0.6 ppb |
| Mayfield (V) Water Works | 850 | 1.5 ppb |
| Hale Creek Asacta Center | 610 | - |
| Paradise Pines Mhp | 350 | 1.4 ppb |
| Indian Village | 145 | 3 ppb |
| Aspen Hills Water District | 140 | - |
| Woodridge Mobile Home Park | 78 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Johnstown, 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 Johnstown (C) 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.