Moreau Wd #2 (Queensbury), NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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
Moreau Wd #2 (Queensbury) serves about 6,600 people through 2,305 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 Saratoga County, New York. EPA system ID: NY4500177; phone on file: 518-792-1030. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Moreau Wd #2 (Queensbury)'s lead record
That is down 7 ppb from 10 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Moreau Wd #2 (Queensbury) is 10 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 10 ppb |
| 2019 | 7.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
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. Moreau Wd #2 (Queensbury)'s 3 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in New York and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Saratoga County
70 other systems share Saratoga County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Moreau Wd #2 (Queensbury). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton Park Water Authority | 35,000 | 1 ppb |
| Saratoga Springs City | 26,525 | 3.4 ppb |
| Halfmoon Water District (Troy) | 15,000 | 2.4 ppb |
| Burnt Hills-Ballston Lk Wd | 10,000 | 2 ppb |
| Waterford Water Works (Purchase Troy) | 9,800 | 3.93 ppb |
| Wilton Water & Sewer Authority | 9,490 | 3.96 ppb |
| Malta Water District #1 | 8,950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ballston Spa Village | 6,541 | 2.7 ppb |
| Mechanicville City | 5,200 | 2.52 ppb |
| Saratoga Springs City (Geyser Crest) | 4,000 | 3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Moreau, 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 Moreau Wd #2 (Queensbury) 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.