Little Falls City, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 8.96 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
Little Falls City serves about 4,605 people through 1,807 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 Herkimer County, New York. EPA system ID: NY2102308; phone on file: 315-823-2400. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Little Falls City's lead record
Against the period ending 2026 (8.96 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Little Falls City is 13 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 8.96 ppb |
| 2026 | 8.96 ppb |
| 2023 | 7.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 5.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 13 ppb over 10 |
How Little Falls City 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. Little Falls City's 8.96 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in New York and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
33 other systems share Herkimer County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Little Falls City. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ilion (V) Water Works | 8,053 | 36 ppb |
| Herkimer Village | 7,606 | 19 ppb |
| Frankfort (V) Water Works | 2,995 | 1.7 ppb |
| Mohawk (V) Water Works | 2,985 | 1.5 ppb |
| Dolgeville (V) Pws | 2,166 | 0 (not detected) |
| Old Forge-Thendara Water District | 1,275 | 3.7 ppb |
| East Herkimer Water District | 1,024 | - |
| West Winfield Village | 862 | 5.64 ppb |
| Town Of Webb Wd#1 | 780 | - |
| Newport Village | 740 | 1.51 ppb |
Next steps for Little Falls, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Little 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 Little Falls City 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.