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Carmel WD 3

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
1,350 people
Connections
524
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Carmel (T), NY
County
Putnam
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

10541

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Uranium, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Uranium, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and arsenic: New York’s yearly summaries per water system, 2023 to 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Chromium (total) and fluoride: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from June 17, 2013 to June 17, 2013. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal1

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2023

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.4 ppb, in 2023: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 4.3 ppb, in 2014.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

3.8ppm

Highest sample; found in 10 of 10

2024 average: 2.0 ppm

The highest sample, in 2024, was 3.8 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and it averaged 2.0 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 3.5 ppm, in 2013.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

7.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2023

Averaged by year, the highest was 7.7 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 13 ppb. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.1 ppb, in 2014.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

3.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2023

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.0 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2013

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.0 ppb, in 2013, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Fluoride
  • Lead

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

None of the filters TapBuff has checked so far carry these claims. Search the certifier listings for the claim above.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Uranium, nitrate, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and arsenic results here are New York’s own yearly summaries from 2023 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Chromium (total) and fluoride come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Carmel WD 3’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and 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 2023 to 2024; EPA’s compliance samples are from June 17, 2013 to June 17, 2013.

Testing your own tap

Carmel WD 3’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab New York certifies.

The 3 labs New York certifies closest to the area Carmel WD 3 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 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper

    (914) 245-3203

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC-Newburgh

    Newburgh, NY · about 19 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (845) 562-0890

  • Westchester Co Labs and Research

    Valhalla, NY · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS

    (914) 231-1768

All 161 certified labs for New York

Sources

PWSID NY3903642. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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