Painted Post Village, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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 Painted Post Village
Painted Post Village serves about 1,750 people through 732 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 Steuben County, New York. EPA system ID: NY5001222; phone on file: 607-962-4604. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Painted Post Village's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Painted Post Village is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.8 ppb |
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. Painted Post Village's 2 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in New York and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
51 other systems share Steuben County; 21 of them have a higher latest lead result than Painted Post Village. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Corning City | 10,300 | 6.1 ppb |
| Hornell City | 8,100 | 1.4 ppb |
| Bath Village Consolidated Sampling Area | 5,400 | 3.1 ppb |
| Morningside Heights Wd / Erwin (T) | 4,570 | 5 ppb |
| Canisteo Village | 2,100 | 2.6 ppb |
| Addison Village | 1,850 | 3.53 ppb |
| Wayland Village | 1,730 | 1.7 ppb |
| South Corning Village | 1,400 | 2 ppb |
| East Corning Consolidated District | 1,150 | 2.5 ppb |
| Avoca Village | 970 | 1.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Painted Post, 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 Painted Post 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.