Buchanan Village
What EPA’s and New York’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.
- Serves
- 2,200 people
- Connections
- 800
- Water source
- Surface water bought from another system
- Based in
- Buchanan (V), NY
- County
- Westchester
- Owner
- Local government
The short answer
Nothing in EPA’s and New York’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus lead and copper, not everything. No health-based violations on file since 2016.
What was found
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): New York’s yearly summaries per water system, 2020 to 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.
Below EPA’s limits2
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Forms or is added in treatment
33.5ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024
2024 average: 23 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 33.5 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 72.3 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it averaged 23 ppb. EPA recorded no violation for haloacetic acids (HAA5) at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 30.1 ppb, in 2019.
What handles it
No certification claim covers this compound yet.
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Forms or is added in treatment
35.7ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024
2024 average: 34.9 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 35.7 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 78.8 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it averaged 34.9 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 30.7 ppb, in 2019.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
- Lead
Violations since 2016
No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 4 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.
What this report can’t tell you
Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are New York’s own yearly summaries from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Buchanan Village’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.
Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.
What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.
Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; New York’s yearly summaries cover 2020 to 2024.
Testing your own tap
The 3 labs New York certifies closest to the area Buchanan Village serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Yorktown Medical Laboratory Inc.
Yorktown Heights, NY · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper
Advanced Analytical Technologies
Pearl River, NY · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
Westchester Co Labs and Research
Valhalla, NY · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS
Sources
- EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, file of Oct. 15, 2026
- EPA SDWA bulk download (SDWIS federal data), 2026 Q3
- New York State Department of Health, Environmental Public Health Tracker, results from Jan. 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2024, read Oct. 8, 2026
- EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, file of Feb. 5, 2024
- Certified labs: NYS Environmental Laboratory Approval Program (ELAP), drinking water labs, as listed in TNI LAMS, read Oct. 11, 2026; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer
- Limits and goals: each contaminant’s page, with its EPA source.
- How this page is built: methodology.
PWSID NY5903422. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.
What to do next
- Nothing here is above a health goalIn EPA’s and New York’s records for this utility. They don’t cover everything, which is why the next step matters.Every contaminant TapBuff tracks
- Get the utility’s own reportBuchanan Village must send you a water quality report every year. It covers contaminants this page does not show.How to read it
- Test your own tap for leadYour service line, solder and fixtures decide the lead at your faucet, not the utility’s average.Lead in your water: what to do
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded