Odessa Village, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.9 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
Odessa Village serves about 810 people through 387 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 Schuyler County, New York. EPA system ID: NY4801185; phone on file: 607-594-2100. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.7 ppb from 3.6 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Odessa Village is 6.5 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.6 ppb |
How Odessa Village 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. Odessa Village's 1.9 ppb sits at the 55th percentile in New York and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Schuyler County
8 other systems share Schuyler County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Odessa Village. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Watkins Glen Village | 2,149 | 0.92 ppb |
| Montour Falls Village | 1,635 | 8.8 ppb |
| Hector Water District | 1,340 | 1.9 ppb |
| Dix Water District #1 | 201 | 1.5 ppb |
| Reading Wd #1 & #3 Consolidated Sampling | 68 | 1.5 ppb |
| Country Hill Manor | 57 | 1 ppb |
| Wildwood Mobile Home Park | 34 | 1 ppb |
| Reading Water District #2 | 30 | 1.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Odessa, 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 Odessa 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.