Metals · 2009

Lead in Woodbury W.d. #6 (amdur Park), NY tap water

Approaching the federal limit· 0.9× the limit

Woodbury W.d. #6 (amdur Park), NY's 2009 Lead level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (0.015 mg/L Action level) — measured but not in violation.

The measurement

StatisticValue
90th percentile
At the tap
0.01325 mg/L

Verbatim from Woodbury W.d. #6 (amdur Park), NY's 2009 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Lead

A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures.

There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.

How Woodbury W.d. #6 (amdur Park), NY compares

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People also ask

+Is there Lead in Woodbury W.d. #6 (amdur Park), NY tap water?

Yes — Woodbury W.d. #6 (amdur Park), NY's 2009 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 0.01325 mg/L. Woodbury W.d. #6 (amdur Park), NY's 2009 Lead level is between 80% and 100% of the federal limit (0.015 mg/L Action level) — measured but not in violation.

+What's the federal limit for Lead in drinking water?

The federal Action level for Lead is 0.015 mg/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Lead?

A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures. There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.

+Where does this Lead measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Lead entry from the 2009 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Woodbury W.d. #6 (amdur Park), NY water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/ny/woodbury-w-d-6-amdur-park/2009/source.

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