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Cold Spring 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
2,666 people
Connections
898
Water source
Surface water
Based in
Philipstown (T), NY
County
Putnam
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

10516

The short answer

1 result is above the limit’s level with no violation recorded, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), above the limit’s level, no violation. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 1993 to 2025.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate and arsenic: New York’s yearly summaries per water system, 2022 to 2023, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Fluoride and chromium (total): EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Dec. 13, 2012 to Dec. 16, 2015. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the limit’s level, no violation recorded1

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the limit’s level, no violation

82.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2023

2023 average: 26 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 82.6 ppb, in 2022, above EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 132 ppb. In 2023, the latest year on file, it averaged 26 ppb. EPA judges this limit on running averages at each sampling point, and recorded no violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility since 2020. Results like these with no violation often include water sampled before treatment or blending; the utility’s annual report says what reaches the tap. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 62.7 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

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

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

1.7ppb

90th percentile, 2023 to 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 1.7 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

41.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2023

2023 average: 35.6 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 41.3 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 67 ppb. In 2023, the latest year on file, it averaged 35.6 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 50.3 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.5ppm

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2015

2015, one sample: 0.5 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.5 ppm, in 2014, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2015, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.5 ppm.

What handles it

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

7.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2015

2015, one sample: 7.0 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 7.0 ppb, in 2012, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2015, the latest year on file, its one sample was 7.0 ppb.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.13ppm

Highest sample; found in 2 of 7

2023 average: 0.11 ppm

The highest sample, in 2022, was 0.13 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2023, the latest year on file, it averaged 0.11 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.25 ppm, in 2013.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic

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.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: VOC Reduction

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), Lead

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Lead and Copper Rule RevisionsThe required inventory of lead service lines was not completed or submitted on time.EPA: LSL InventoryOct. 17, 2024—Addressed
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 1 monitoring or reporting violation not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate and arsenic results here are New York’s own yearly summaries from 2022 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Fluoride and chromium (total) come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Cold Spring Village’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 2022 to 2023; EPA’s compliance samples are from Dec. 13, 2012 to Dec. 16, 2015.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC-Newburgh

    Newburgh, NY · about 11 miles

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

    (845) 562-0890

  • Yorktown Medical Laboratory Inc.

    Yorktown Heights, NY · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper

    (914) 245-3203

  • Environmental Labworks Inc.

    Marlboro, NY · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (845) 236-7823

All 161 certified labs for New York

Sources

PWSID NY3903652. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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