Snells Complex, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.95 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.
About Snells Complex
Snells Complex serves about 25 people through 18 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in St. Lawrence County, New York. EPA system ID: NY4430200. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.35 ppb from 2.6 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Snells Complex is 8 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.95 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 8 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
How Snells Complex 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. Snells Complex's 4.95 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in New York and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in St. Lawrence County
38 other systems share St. Lawrence County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Snells Complex. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Massena Village | 16,729 | 1.5 ppb |
| Ogdensburg City | 10,064 | 1.4 ppb |
| Potsdam Village | 8,312 | 7.8 ppb |
| Canton Village | 7,055 | 2.8 ppb |
| Gouverneur | 4,263 | 2.25 ppb |
| East Louisville Water District | 3,235 | 1.1 ppb |
| Norfolk Water District | 2,300 | 1 ppb |
| Norwood | 1,685 | 1 ppb |
| Star Lake Water District | 1,250 | 2 ppb |
| Waddington Village | 944 | 4.3 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Potsdam, 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 Snells Complex 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.