New Paltz (Town) Water Distric, NY
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13.1 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About New Paltz (Town) Water Distric
New Paltz (Town) Water Distric serves about 810 people through 253 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 surface water, in Ulster County, New York. EPA system ID: NY5515690. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
New Paltz (Town) Water Distric's lead record
That is up 9.27 ppb from 3.83 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Paltz (Town) Water Distric is 13.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.1 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 3.83 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How New Paltz (Town) Water Distric 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. New Paltz (Town) Water Distric's 13.1 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in New York and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Ulster County
101 other systems share Ulster County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Paltz (Town) Water Distric. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kingston (City) Water District | 24,000 | 7 ppb |
| New Paltz (Village) Water Dist | 7,523 | 1.97 ppb |
| Ulster Water District | 5,500 | 2.1 ppb |
| Port Ewen Water District | 4,500 | 3.7 ppb |
| Ellenville (Village) Water Dis | 4,300 | 8.6 ppb |
| Saugerties (Village) Water Dis | 4,200 | 1.4 ppb |
| Glasco Water District | 4,071 | 1.4 ppb |
| Highland Water District | 4,000 | 5.94 ppb |
| Marlborough Water District | 3,248 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastern/Ulster Correctional Fa | 2,578 | 1.63 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Paltz, 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 New Paltz (Town) Water Distric 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.