Scriba Wd (Oswego), NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2027). 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.
Who runs the water here
Scriba Wd (Oswego) serves about 9,044 people through 3,230 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 Oswego County, New York. EPA system ID: NY3730037; phone on file: 315-343-3019. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Scriba Wd (Oswego)'s lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Scriba Wd (Oswego) is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 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. Scriba Wd (Oswego)'s 2 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in New York and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
40 other systems share Oswego County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Scriba Wd (Oswego). 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 |
| 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/Lacona Joint Waterworks | 1,469 | 2.5 ppb |
| Sandy Creek Town Wd #1 & #3 | 1,464 | 1.1 ppb |
| Cleveland Village | 1,463 | 1.5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Scriba, 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 Scriba Wd (Oswego) 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.