Overview
EWG's drinking water quality report for New York shows results of tests conducted by the water utilities in New York and provided to EWG by the New York Department of Health - Bureau of Public Water Supply Protection.
Large utilities in New York
Below are utilities in New York serving over 10,000 people, listed alphabetically.
| Utility | Location | People Served |
|---|
Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of July 2021 to June 2024 in New York
The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.
| Utility | Location | People Served | Violation Points |
|---|
Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of July 2021 to June 2024 in New York
The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.
| Utility | Location | People Served | Violation Points |
|---|
Contaminants found in New York above health guidelines
| Found above health guidelines | Found | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served | # of Utilities | People Served |
Contaminants found in New York above legal limits
| Contaminant | # of Utilities | People Served |
|---|
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) | 13 | 20,754 | |
Trichloroethylene | 1 | 20,000 | |
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) | 13 | 10,454 | |
Nitrite | 2 | 1,247 | |
Arsenic | 5 | 1,047 | |
Radium, combined (-226 and -228) | 5 | 886 | |
Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) | 1 | 615 | |
Thallium | 1 | 222 | |
Nitrate and nitrite | 2 | 198 | |
Barium | 1 | 48 | |
Nitrate | 1 | 48 |
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