Middleville (V) Water Works, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.3 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.
About Middleville (V) Water Works
Middleville (V) Water Works serves about 550 people through 222 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Herkimer County, New York. EPA system ID: NY2102309; phone on file: 315-891-7645. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Middleville (V) Water Works's lead record
That is up 2.3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Middleville (V) Water Works is 2.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Middleville (V) Water Works's 2.3 ppb sits at the 64th percentile in New York and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
33 other systems share Herkimer County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Middleville (V) Water Works. 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 |
| Little Falls City | 4,605 | 8.96 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 | - |
Next steps for Middleville, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Middleville, 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 Middleville (V) Water Works 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.