Kingsvale Water Co, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Kingsvale Water Co at a glance
Kingsvale Water Co serves about 600 people through 149 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ulster County, New York. EPA system ID: NY5503392; phone on file: 516-254-1843. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Kingsvale Water Co's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1.94 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kingsvale Water Co is 1.94 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.94 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 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. Kingsvale Water Co's 1.6 ppb sits at the 51st percentile in New York and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
101 other systems share Ulster County; 52 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kingsvale Water Co. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kingston (City) Water District | 24,000 | 7 ppb |
| New Paltz (Village) Water Dist | 7,523 | 1.97 ppb |
| Ulster Water District | 5,500 | 2.1 ppb |
| Port Ewen Water District | 4,500 | 3.7 ppb |
| Ellenville (Village) Water Dis | 4,300 | 8.6 ppb |
| Saugerties (Village) Water Dis | 4,200 | 1.4 ppb |
| Glasco Water District | 4,071 | 1.4 ppb |
| Highland Water District | 4,000 | 5.94 ppb |
| Marlborough Water District | 3,248 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastern/Ulster Correctional Fa | 2,578 | 1.63 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Merrick, 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 Kingsvale Water Co 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.