Meadows At Cross River, CT
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
About Meadows At Cross River
Meadows At Cross River serves about 630 people through 179 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Westchester County, Connecticut. EPA system ID: NY5920685; phone on file: 203-790-6888. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Meadows At Cross River's lead record
That is down 1.2 ppb from 5.2 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Meadows At Cross River is 5.2 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 ppb |
| 2023 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
How Meadows At Cross River compares
Of the 493 Connecticut systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.8 ppb; 2 are over 15 ppb right now and 49 have gone over at some point. Meadows At Cross River's 4 ppb sits at the 89th percentile in Connecticut and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Westchester County
1 other system shares Westchester County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Meadows At Cross River. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Waccabuc Farms Inc. | 26 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bethel, CT 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 Meadows At Cross River 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.