Taconic Ddso, NY
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13.7 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Taconic Ddso serves about 500 people through 55 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Dutchess County, New York. EPA system ID: NY1310291; phone on file: 845-877-6821. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 13.7 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Taconic Ddso is 13.7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.7 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How Taconic Ddso 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. Taconic Ddso's 13.7 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in New York and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
147 other systems share Dutchess County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Taconic Ddso. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Poughkeepsie Townwide Wd | 43,000 | 2.1 ppb |
| Poughkeepsie City | 30,639 | 2.1 ppb |
| Beacon City | 14,370 | 1.78 ppb |
| United Wappinger Water Improvement Dist. | 14,000 | 5 ppb |
| Hyde Park Regional | 6,928 | 0.8 ppb |
| Rhinebeck Village Water | 6,000 | 2.1 ppb |
| Wappingers Falls Village | 5,522 | 2.14 ppb |
| Fishkill Village | 4,101 | 2.1 ppb |
| Brinkerhoff Water District | 3,788 | 7.6 ppb |
| Rombout Water District | 3,000 | 0.9 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wassaic, 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 Taconic Ddso 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.