Northville (V) Water Wks., 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.
Who runs the water here
Northville (V) Water Wks. serves about 1,180 people through 580 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: NY1700023; phone on file: 518-863-4211. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.6 ppb from 1.6 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Northville (V) Water Wks. is 1.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1.6 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. Northville (V) Water Wks.'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 15th percentile in New York and the 28th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Fulton County
19 other systems share Fulton County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Northville (V) Water Wks.. 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 |
| Northampton (T) Water District | 1,000 | 0.6 ppb |
| 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
Look up your address in Northville (V) Water Wks.'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 Northville (V) Water Wks. 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.