Northampton (T) Water District, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.6 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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
Northampton (T) Water District serves about 1,000 people through 233 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 Fulton County, New York. EPA system ID: NY1700022; phone on file: 518-863-8829. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 11.7 ppb from 12.3 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Northampton (T) Water District is 12.3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 12.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
How Northampton (T) Water District 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. Northampton (T) Water District's 0.6 ppb sits at the 22nd percentile in New York and the 45th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Fulton County
19 other systems share Fulton County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Northampton (T) Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gloversville (C) Water Works | 17,991 | 7.9 ppb |
| Johnstown (C) Water Works | 8,154 | 2.5 ppb |
| Broadalbin (V) | 1,500 | 2.3 ppb |
| Northville (V) Water Wks. | 1,180 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mayfield (V) Water Works | 850 | 1.5 ppb |
| Hale Creek Asacta Center | 610 | - |
| Paradise Pines Mhp | 350 | 1.4 ppb |
| Indian Village | 145 | 3 ppb |
| Aspen Hills Water District | 140 | - |
| Woodridge Mobile Home Park | 78 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Northville, 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 Northampton (T) 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.