Last Chance Properties, Llc, NY
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
Last Chance Properties, Llc at a glance
Last Chance Properties, Llc serves about 90 people through 20 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Jefferson County, New York. EPA system ID: NY2202257; phone on file: 680-287-8537. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Last Chance Properties, Llc is 16.3 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0.75 ppb |
| 2022 | 7.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 16.3 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2019 | 7 ppb |
How Last Chance Properties, Llc 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. Last Chance Properties, Llc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 6th percentile in New York and the 8th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Jefferson County
56 other systems share Jefferson County; 30 of them have a higher latest lead result than Last Chance Properties, Llc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Drum | 34,000 | 0.4 ppb |
| Watertown City | 27,861 | 6.3 ppb |
| Leray Town Wd 1, 2, 4 | 7,140 | 3.3 ppb |
| Carthage Village | 3,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cape Vincent Town Wd 1 & 5 | 2,600 | - |
| Sackets Harbor Village | 2,200 | 1.2 ppb |
| Clayton Village | 2,100 | 1.8 ppb |
| Adams Village | 2,000 | 4.3 ppb |
| Alexandria Bay Village | 1,900 | 2.6 ppb |
| Pamelia Town Wd 4 & 5 | 1,857 | 4.1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Carthage, 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 Last Chance Properties, Llc 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.