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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
35 people
Connections
18
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Schoharie (T), NY
County
Schoharie
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

12092

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Uranium, above the health goal. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Copper: EPA’s file records a utility’s copper only when it exceeds the action level. The last here was 2.0 ppm, for the period ending Dec. 31, 2012. None since is on file, so it is not counted as a current finding.

Uranium, haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, arsenic 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.

Fluoride and chromium (total): EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from May 2, 2012 to June 12, 2017. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal1

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.33ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.33 ppb, in 2020: 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 0.33 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits3

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

5.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2022

2022: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 5.2 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2022, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.2ppm

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2017

2017, one sample: 0.2 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.2 ppm, in 2012, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2017, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.2 ppm.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.017ppm

Highest sample; found in 1 of 6

2024: not found

The highest sample, in 2023, was 0.017 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
4 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Lead
  • Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

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

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Revised Total Coliform RuleColiform results required a check of the system, and the check or its fixes were not done on time.EPA: Treatment Technique, Level 1 Assessment (RTCR)Dec. 1, 2019—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 2 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Uranium, haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, arsenic 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. Fluoride and chromium (total) come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Central Park’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 2020 to 2024; EPA’s compliance samples are from May 2, 2012 to June 12, 2017.

Testing your own tap

Central Park’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 Central Park serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Eden Laboratory, Inc.

    Schenectady, NY · about 18 miles

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

    (518) 836-1270

  • NYS DOH Environmental Biology Laboratory

    Albany, NY · about 30 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (518) 474-7161

  • NYS DOH Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry Laboratory

    Albany, NY · about 30 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, radioactivity, asbestos

    (518) 474-7161

All 161 certified labs for New York

Sources

PWSID NY4701524. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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