Saratoga Springs City, NY
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.4 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. 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.
Saratoga Springs City at a glance
Saratoga Springs City serves about 26,525 people through 7,266 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Saratoga County, New York. EPA system ID: NY4500168. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.6 ppb from 1.8 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Saratoga Springs City is 20 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2019 | 6.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 2018 | 11.6 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 20 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 11 ppb over 10 |
How Saratoga Springs City 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. Saratoga Springs City's 3.4 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in New York and the 85th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
70 other systems share Saratoga County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Saratoga Springs City. 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 |
| 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 |
| Saratoga Springs City (Geyser Crest) | 4,000 | 3 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 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.