Sandy Creek/Lacona Joint Waterworks, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.5 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 Sandy Creek/Lacona Joint Waterworks
Sandy Creek/Lacona Joint Waterworks serves about 1,469 people through 579 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 Oswego County, New York. EPA system ID: NY3704365; phone on file: 315-771-3121. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.1 ppb from 1.4 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sandy Creek/Lacona Joint Waterworks is 2.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 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. Sandy Creek/Lacona Joint Waterworks's 2.5 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in New York and the 78th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
40 other systems share Oswego County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sandy Creek/Lacona Joint Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Oswego City | 29,400 | 3 ppb |
| Fulton City | 16,600 | 3 ppb |
| Scriba Wd (Oswego) | 9,044 | 2 ppb |
| Richland Town Pws | 3,950 | 1.7 ppb |
| Pulaski Village | 2,398 | 1.1 ppb |
| Phoenix Village | 2,138 | 1.2 ppb |
| Mexico Village | 2,100 | 1.2 ppb |
| Hannibal Town Water District #2 | 2,000 | 2 ppb |
| Sandy Creek Town Wd #1 & #3 | 1,464 | 1.1 ppb |
| Cleveland Village | 1,463 | 1.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sandy Creek, 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 Sandy Creek/Lacona Joint Waterworks 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.