Palatine Bridge (V) Water Works, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 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 Palatine Bridge (V) Water Works
Palatine Bridge (V) Water Works serves about 900 people through 342 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 Montgomery County, New York. EPA system ID: NY2800142; phone on file: 518-673-5866. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (1.4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Palatine Bridge (V) Water Works is 2.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2018 | 1 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. Palatine Bridge (V) Water Works's 2.1 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in New York and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Montgomery County
17 other systems share Montgomery County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Palatine Bridge (V) Water Works. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam (C) | 20,700 | 13.9 ppb |
| Amsterdam (T) | 3,000 | - |
| Canajoharie (V) Water Works | 2,300 | 2.2 ppb |
| Fort Plain (V) Water Works | 2,250 | 2 ppb |
| St. Johnsville Village Water Works | 1,700 | 2.5 ppb |
| Fonda (V) Water Works | 1,080 | 7.6 ppb |
| Fultonville Village Pws | 740 | 1.39 ppb |
| Nelliston (V) Water Works | 535 | - |
| Florida (T) Water District | 432 | - |
| Capstone Center For Rehab And Nursing | 330 | 0.5 ppb |
Next steps for Palatine Bridge, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Palatine Bridge, 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 Palatine Bridge (V) Water Works 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.