Kiryas Joel, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 9 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.
Who runs the water here
Kiryas Joel serves about 51,623 people through 8,978 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Orange County, New York. EPA system ID: NY3503627; phone on file: 845-783-8300. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 5 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kiryas Joel is 9 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 ppb |
| 2025 | 4 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.09 ppb |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.64 ppb |
| 2022 | 7.24 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.55 ppb |
| 2017 | 7.9 ppb |
How Kiryas Joel 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. Kiryas Joel's 9 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in New York and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
129 other systems share Orange County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kiryas Joel. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Middletown City | 30,000 | 1 ppb |
| Newburgh City | 29,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| New Windsor Consolidated Wd | 25,667 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newburgh Consolidated Wd | 22,282 | 1.5 ppb |
| Wallkill Consolidated Wd | 18,450 | 1.97 ppb |
| Monroe Village | 12,000 | 3 ppb |
| Woodbury Cons. W.D. | 10,845 | 8.5 ppb |
| Cornwall-On-Hudson | 9,700 | 1 ppb |
| Port Jervis City | 9,000 | 3.04 ppb |
| U.S.M.A. - Lusk System | 8,000 | 10 ppb |
Next steps for Monroe, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Monroe, 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 Kiryas Joel 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.