Veolia Water New York, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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
Veolia Water New York serves about 270,000 people through 56,150 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Rockland County, New York. EPA system ID: NY4303673; phone on file: 845-620-3352. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Veolia Water New York's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Veolia Water New York is 5.8 ppb across 18 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 ppb |
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.33 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.2 ppb |
| 2018 | 4.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.7 ppb |
How Veolia Water New York 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. Veolia Water New York's 3 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in New York and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Rockland County
13 other systems share Rockland County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Veolia Water New York. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Nyack Village Water Supply | 14,700 | 6 ppb |
| Suffern Village | 12,000 | 2 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 West Nyack, NY
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; West Nyack, 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 Veolia Water New York 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.