Williamson Town Wd, NY
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
About Williamson Town Wd
Williamson Town Wd serves about 6,600 people through 2,770 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 Wayne County, New York. EPA system ID: NY5801258. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.9 ppb from 3.1 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Williamson Town Wd is 3.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.5 ppb |
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. Williamson Town Wd's 1.2 ppb sits at the 43rd percentile in New York and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Wayne County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Williamson Town Wd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Palmyra-Macedon-Walworth Csa | 24,267 | 2.8 ppb |
| Ontario Town Benefit Area #1 | 10,136 | 2.8 ppb |
| Newark Village | 9,142 | 1.8 ppb |
| Sodus-Huron-Wolcott-Butler Csa | 7,746 | 4 ppb |
| Marion-Arcadia-Sodus Csa | 6,303 | 1 ppb |
| Arcadia-Lyons Csa | 5,800 | 1.8 ppb |
| Palmyra Village | 3,580 | 2.2 ppb |
| Clyde Village | 2,269 | 1.3 ppb |
| Wolcott Village | 2,200 | 2.6 ppb |
| Rose - North Rose Wd | 1,975 | 2.9 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Williamson, 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 Williamson Town 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.