Mcwa Genesee, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.4 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.
Mcwa Genesee at a glance
Mcwa Genesee serves about 16,541 people through 6,931 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws surface water, in Genesee County, New York. EPA system ID: NY1800547; phone on file: 585-442-2001. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Mcwa Genesee's lead record
That is up 4.77 ppb from 0.63 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mcwa Genesee is 5.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.4 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.63 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
How Mcwa Genesee 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. Mcwa Genesee's 5.4 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in New York and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
15 other systems share Genesee County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mcwa Genesee. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Batavia City | 15,475 | 0 (not detected) |
| Batavia Consolidated W.D. | 5,445 | 2.6 ppb |
| Oakfield Village | 1,679 | 2 ppb |
| Elba Town Wd2 | 1,129 | 3.5 ppb |
| Alabama Water District No.2 | 1,119 | 3.5 ppb |
| Oakfield Town | 864 | 1.3 ppb |
| Alexander Village | 785 | 0.45 ppb |
| Alexander Town Wd2 | 744 | 3.5 ppb |
| Elba Village | 706 | 5.4 ppb |
| Townline Road Wd | 632 | 3.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rochester, 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 Mcwa Genesee 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.