L.B.S.H. Housing, NY
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.95 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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
L.B.S.H. Housing serves about 100 people through 65 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in St. Lawrence County, New York. EPA system ID: NY4420611; phone on file: 315-600-3350. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2024 (4.95 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for L.B.S.H. Housing is 170 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.95 ppb |
| 2024 | 4.95 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.95 ppb |
| 2021 | 9.75 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.45 ppb |
| 2019 | 8.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 5 ppb |
| 2018 | 170 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 6 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. L.B.S.H. Housing's 4.95 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in New York and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in St. Lawrence County
38 other systems share St. Lawrence County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than L.B.S.H. Housing. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Massena Village | 16,729 | 1.5 ppb |
| Ogdensburg City | 10,064 | 1.4 ppb |
| Potsdam Village | 8,312 | 7.8 ppb |
| Canton Village | 7,055 | 2.8 ppb |
| Gouverneur | 4,263 | 2.25 ppb |
| East Louisville Water District | 3,235 | 1.1 ppb |
| Norfolk Water District | 2,300 | 1 ppb |
| Norwood | 1,685 | 1 ppb |
| Star Lake Water District | 1,250 | 2 ppb |
| Waddington Village | 944 | 4.3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brasher Falls, 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 L.B.S.H. Housing whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2020 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. More in what a past exceedance means today.