North Creek Mobile Village, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.7 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.
Who runs the water here
North Creek Mobile Village serves about 75 people through 33 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Saratoga County, New York. EPA system ID: NY4514027; phone on file: 518-260-3259. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Creek Mobile Village is 0.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other New York systems
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. North Creek Mobile Village's 0.7 ppb sits at the 22nd percentile in New York and the 46th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Saratoga County
70 other systems share Saratoga County; 48 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Creek Mobile Village. 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) |
| Moreau Wd #2 (Queensbury) | 6,600 | 3 ppb |
| Ballston Spa Village | 6,541 | 2.7 ppb |
| Mechanicville City | 5,200 | 2.52 ppb |
Next steps for Porter Corners, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Porter Corners, 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 North Creek Mobile Village 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.