Saugerties (Village) Water Dis, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 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.
Saugerties (Village) Water Dis at a glance
Saugerties (Village) Water Dis serves about 4,200 people through 1,475 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 surface water, in Ulster County, New York. EPA system ID: NY5503386; phone on file: 845-246-2321. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (1.3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Saugerties (Village) Water Dis is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 4 ppb |
Against other New York systems
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. Saugerties (Village) Water Dis's 1.4 ppb sits at the 48th percentile in New York and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Ulster County
101 other systems share Ulster County; 56 of them have a higher latest lead result than Saugerties (Village) Water Dis. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kingston (City) Water District | 24,000 | 7 ppb |
| New Paltz (Village) Water Dist | 7,523 | 1.97 ppb |
| Ulster Water District | 5,500 | 2.1 ppb |
| Port Ewen Water District | 4,500 | 3.7 ppb |
| Ellenville (Village) Water Dis | 4,300 | 8.6 ppb |
| Glasco Water District | 4,071 | 1.4 ppb |
| Highland Water District | 4,000 | 5.94 ppb |
| Marlborough Water District | 3,248 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastern/Ulster Correctional Fa | 2,578 | 1.63 ppb |
| Woodstock Water District | 2,400 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Saugerties, 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 Saugerties (Village) Water Dis 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.