Ticonderoga Wd, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Ticonderoga Wd at a glance
Ticonderoga Wd serves about 3,700 people through 2,000 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 Essex County, New York. EPA system ID: NY1500293; phone on file: 518-585-6265. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Ticonderoga Wd's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (2.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ticonderoga Wd is 12 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2017 | 12 ppb over 10 |
Against other New York systems
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. Ticonderoga Wd's 2.1 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in New York and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
32 other systems share Essex County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ticonderoga Wd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Placid V | 5,000 | 2.2 ppb |
| Moriah Wd | 3,100 | 1.1 ppb |
| Schroon Lake Wd | 2,750 | 1.5 ppb |
| Adirondack Correctional Facility | 2,400 | 3.85 ppb |
| Chesterfield Wd | 2,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Port Henry Wd | 1,831 | 1.2 ppb |
| Willsboro Wd | 1,571 | 2.4 ppb |
| Bloomingdale Wd | 980 | 1.3 ppb |
| Crown Point Wd | 980 | 3 ppb |
| Wilmington Wd | 980 | 5.6 ppb |
Next steps for Ticonderoga, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ticonderoga, 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 Ticonderoga Wd 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.