Tupper Lake V, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.3 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Tupper Lake V at a glance
Tupper Lake V serves about 5,500 people through 1,750 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 Franklin County, New York. EPA system ID: NY1600012; phone on file: 518-359-3341. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (2.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tupper Lake V is 7.1 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.5 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Tupper Lake V's 2.3 ppb sits at the 65th percentile in New York and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Franklin County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tupper Lake V. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Malone V | 13,232 | 0 (not detected) |
| Saranac Lake V | 5,345 | 1.1 ppb |
| Chateaugay V | 1,100 | 2.2 ppb |
| Paul Smiths College | 1,100 | 8.1 ppb |
| St Regis Falls Wd | 980 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Covington Wd | 900 | 2.1 ppb |
| Cliffside Apartments | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bangor Wd | 375 | 6 ppb |
| Burke V | 273 | 1.1 ppb |
| Thayers Corners Wd | 160 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tupper Lake, 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 Tupper Lake V 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.