Pine Meadow Mhc, NY
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2015-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Pine Meadow Mhc at a glance
Pine Meadow Mhc serves about 100 people through 33 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Montgomery County, New York. EPA system ID: NY2801600; phone on file: 718-484-9697. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pine Meadow Mhc is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
How Pine Meadow Mhc 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. Pine Meadow Mhc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 7th percentile in New York and the 9th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
17 other systems share Montgomery County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pine Meadow Mhc. 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 |
| Palatine Bridge (V) Water Works | 900 | 2.1 ppb |
| Fultonville Village Pws | 740 | 1.39 ppb |
| Nelliston (V) Water Works | 535 | - |
| Florida (T) Water District | 432 | - |
Next steps for Brooklyn, NY
Look up your address in Pine Meadow Mhc's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Pine Meadow Mhc 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.