Sullivan County Human Service Complex, NY
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Sullivan County Human Service Complex serves about 720 people through 7 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Sullivan County, New York. EPA system ID: NY5210743; phone on file: 845-513-2462. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 4.4 ppb from 6.4 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sullivan County Human Service Complex is 55.3 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 6.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.95 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.95 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 4 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.84 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.77 ppb |
| 2017 | 55.3 ppb over 15 |
How Sullivan County Human Service 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. Sullivan County Human Service Complex's 2 ppb sits at the 58th percentile in New York and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Sullivan County
64 other systems share Sullivan County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sullivan County Human Service Complex. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Monticello Village | 8,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fallsburg Who-Ls-Sf | 7,850 | 2 ppb |
| Liberty Village | 3,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stevensville+Rfl | 3,250 | 1 ppb |
| Swan In Swan Lake | 2,900 | - |
| Emerald Green Lake Louise Marie Wc | 2,400 | 2.65 ppb |
| Livingston Manor Wd | 1,500 | 3 ppb |
| Wurtsboro Village | 1,400 | 7.01 ppb |
| Roscoe-Rockland Wd | 1,000 | 11 ppb |
| Adelaar Wd | 1,000 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Monticello, 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 Sullivan County Human Service 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. More in what a past exceedance means today.