Palatine Manor, MA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2019-2021). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Palatine Manor
Palatine Manor serves about 54 people through 50 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Columbia County, Massachusetts. EPA system ID: NY1030069; phone on file: 413-525-4321. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Palatine Manor's lead record
That is down 68.05 ppb from 69.05 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Palatine Manor is 69.05 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 69.05 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 535 Massachusetts systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.7 ppb; 13 are over 15 ppb right now and 66 have gone over at some point. Palatine Manor's 1 ppb sits at the 30th percentile in Massachusetts and the 50th nationally (higher means more lead).
Next steps for East Long Meadow, MA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; East Long Meadow, MA 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 Manor 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.