North Creek Water District, NY
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About North Creek Water District
North Creek Water District serves about 1,100 people through 350 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 Warren County, New York. EPA system ID: NY5600109; phone on file: 518-251-2421. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
North Creek Water District's lead record
That is down 1.2 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Creek Water District is 1.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.2 ppb |
| 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 Water District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 15th percentile in New York and the 27th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Warren County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Creek Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Queensbury Water District | 24,450 | 3 ppb |
| Glens Falls City | 14,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Warrensburg Water District | 3,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Luzerne Water District | 2,500 | 2.5 ppb |
| Bolton Water District | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake George Village | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chestertown Water District | 885 | 3.9 ppb |
| Ledgeview Village | 680 | 3.1 ppb |
| Diamond Point Water District | 493 | 0 (not detected) |
| Arcady Bay Estates | 470 | 11.3 ppb |
Next steps for North Creek, NY
Look up your address in North Creek Water District's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask North Creek Water District 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.