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Fishkill Plains

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
900 people
Connections
258
Water source
Groundwater influenced by surface water
Based in
East Fishkill (T), NY
County
Dutchess
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

12533

The short answer

3 results are above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. 2 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2015 to 2025.

Arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and nitrate: New York’s yearly summaries per water system, 2020 to 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Uranium, chromium (total) and fluoride: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Sept. 24, 2012 to April 26, 2019. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal3

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

5.1ppb

90th percentile, 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 5.1 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

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.6 ppb, in 2023: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2024, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2019

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.1 ppb, in 2019: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 1.2 ppb. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

76.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 76.5 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 85 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. EPA recorded no violation for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 59.2 ppb, in 2018.

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

18.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 18.4 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 27 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 31.4 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.96ppm

Highest sample; found in 8 of 8

2024 average: 0.96 ppm

The highest sample, in 2024, was 0.96 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and it averaged 0.96 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.7 ppm, in 2019.

What handles it

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

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

7.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2018

2018: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 7.3 ppb, in 2015, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2018, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.

What handles it

One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Fluoride

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: Lead Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Lead, Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Lead Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Uranium

    For: Lead, Arsenic, Uranium

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

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.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Revised Total Coliform RuleColiform or E. coli results required a detailed review of the system, and it or its fixes were not done on time.EPA: Treatment Technique, Level 2 Assessment (RTCR)June 27, 2018—Resolved
Revised Total Coliform RuleE. coli was confirmed in the water system.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, E. coli (RTCR)June 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and nitrate results here are New York’s own yearly summaries from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Uranium, chromium (total) and fluoride come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Fishkill Plains’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 Sept. 24, 2012 to April 26, 2019.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Poughkeepsies' Water Treatment Facility

    Poughkeepsie, NY · about 12 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (845) 451-4173

  • Environmental Labworks Inc.

    Marlboro, NY · about 12 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (845) 236-7823

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC-Newburgh

    Newburgh, NY · about 14 miles

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

    (845) 562-0890

All 161 certified labs for New York

Sources

PWSID NY1302805. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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