Sodus-Huron-Wolcott-Butler Csa, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 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. 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 Sodus-Huron-Wolcott-Butler Csa
Sodus-Huron-Wolcott-Butler Csa serves about 7,746 people through 2,582 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 Wayne County, New York. EPA system ID: NY5801247; phone on file: 315-594-2719. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.9 ppb from 5.9 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sodus-Huron-Wolcott-Butler Csa is 5.9 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.9 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.7 ppb |
How Sodus-Huron-Wolcott-Butler Csa 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. Sodus-Huron-Wolcott-Butler Csa's 4 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in New York and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Wayne County
19 other systems share Wayne County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Sodus-Huron-Wolcott-Butler Csa. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Palmyra-Macedon-Walworth Csa | 24,267 | 2.8 ppb |
| Ontario Town Benefit Area #1 | 10,136 | 2.8 ppb |
| Newark Village | 9,142 | 1.8 ppb |
| Williamson Town Wd | 6,600 | 1.2 ppb |
| Marion-Arcadia-Sodus Csa | 6,303 | 1 ppb |
| Arcadia-Lyons Csa | 5,800 | 1.8 ppb |
| Palmyra Village | 3,580 | 2.2 ppb |
| Clyde Village | 2,269 | 1.3 ppb |
| Wolcott Village | 2,200 | 2.6 ppb |
| Rose - North Rose Wd | 1,975 | 2.9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wolcott, 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 Sodus-Huron-Wolcott-Butler Csa 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.