New Salem Wd, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 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. 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.
New Salem Wd at a glance
New Salem Wd serves about 350 people through 160 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Albany County, New York. EPA system ID: NY0140001; phone on file: 518-439-4865. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.1 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for New Salem Wd is 1.1 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How New Salem Wd 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 Salem Wd's 1.1 ppb sits at the 40th percentile in New York and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
34 other systems share Albany County; 20 of them have a higher latest lead result than New Salem Wd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Albany City | 98,000 | 13 ppb |
| Latham Water District | 85,590 | 2 ppb |
| Bethlehem Wd No 1 | 31,000 | 1.02 ppb |
| Guilderland Town Wd | 30,000 | 2.8 ppb |
| Cohoes City | 18,447 | 1.3 ppb |
| Watervliet City | 9,889 | 2 ppb |
| Colonie Village | 8,030 | 1 ppb |
| Menands Village | 4,500 | 3 ppb |
| Ravena Village | 4,500 | 1 ppb |
| Voorheesville Village | 3,100 | 6 ppb |
Next steps for Slingerlands, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Slingerlands, 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 Salem Wd 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.