Saratoga Springs City (Geyser Crest), NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 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.
Saratoga Springs City (Geyser Crest) at a glance
Saratoga Springs City (Geyser Crest) serves about 4,000 people through 1,282 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Saratoga County, New York. EPA system ID: NY4500178. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Saratoga Springs City (Geyser Crest)'s lead record
That is up 1.9 ppb from 1.1 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Saratoga Springs City (Geyser Crest) is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.7 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. Saratoga Springs City (Geyser Crest)'s 3 ppb sits at the 74th percentile in New York and the 82nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Saratoga County
70 other systems share Saratoga County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Saratoga Springs City (Geyser Crest). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton Park Water Authority | 35,000 | 1 ppb |
| Saratoga Springs City | 26,525 | 3.4 ppb |
| Halfmoon Water District (Troy) | 15,000 | 2.4 ppb |
| Burnt Hills-Ballston Lk Wd | 10,000 | 2 ppb |
| Waterford Water Works (Purchase Troy) | 9,800 | 3.93 ppb |
| Wilton Water & Sewer Authority | 9,490 | 3.96 ppb |
| Malta Water District #1 | 8,950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Moreau Wd #2 (Queensbury) | 6,600 | 3 ppb |
| Ballston Spa Village | 6,541 | 2.7 ppb |
| Mechanicville City | 5,200 | 2.52 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Saratoga Springs, 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 Saratoga Springs City (Geyser Crest) 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.