Ontario Town Benefit Area #1, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.8 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
About Ontario Town Benefit Area #1
Ontario Town Benefit Area #1 serves about 10,136 people through 3,870 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Wayne County, New York. EPA system ID: NY5801233. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (1.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ontario Town Benefit Area #1 is 3.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.6 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Ontario Town Benefit Area #1's 2.8 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in New York and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Wayne County
19 other systems share Wayne County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ontario Town Benefit Area #1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Palmyra-Macedon-Walworth Csa | 24,267 | 2.8 ppb |
| Newark Village | 9,142 | 1.8 ppb |
| Sodus-Huron-Wolcott-Butler Csa | 7,746 | 4 ppb |
| Williamson Town Wd | 6,600 | 1.2 ppb |
| Marion-Arcadia-Sodus Csa | 6,303 | 1 ppb |
| Arcadia-Lyons Csa | 5,800 | 1.8 ppb |
| Palmyra Village | 3,580 | 2.2 ppb |
| Clyde Village | 2,269 | 1.3 ppb |
| Wolcott Village | 2,200 | 2.6 ppb |
| Rose - North Rose Wd | 1,975 | 2.9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; your state 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 Ontario Town Benefit Area #1 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.