Suffern Village, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Who runs the water here
Suffern Village serves about 12,000 people through 2,400 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 groundwater, in Rockland County, New York. EPA system ID: NY4303675; phone on file: 845-357-2602. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Suffern Village's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Suffern Village is 2.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.1 ppb |
How Suffern Village 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. Suffern Village's 2 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in New York and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Rockland County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Suffern Village. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Veolia Water New York | 270,000 | 3 ppb |
| Nyack Village Water Supply | 14,700 | 6 ppb |
| Hillburn Village | 950 | - |
| High-Tor Properties | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mountainview Mobile Home Park | 225 | 1 ppb |
| Hilltop House | 111 | 2 ppb |
| Lake Lucille Prop Owners Assoc | 92 | 1.54 ppb |
| J&R Mobile Homes | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mazza-Leone Mobile Home Court | 55 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sister Servants Of Mary Immaculate | 55 | 6 ppb |
Next steps for Suffern, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Suffern, 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 Suffern Village 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.