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Fonda (V) Water Works

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
1,080 people
Connections
481
Water source
Surface water
Based in
Fonda (V), NY
County
Montgomery
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

12068

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 1 more is above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), above the legal limit. 9 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2012 to 2025.

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

Chromium (total) and fluoride: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Oct. 16, 2012 to Oct. 22, 2019. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the legal limit1

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the legal limit

85.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024 average: 39 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 85.7 ppb, in 2021, above EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 165 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it averaged 39 ppb. EPA recorded violations for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at this utility in 2021 and 2022. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 62 ppb, in 2019.

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

7.6ppb

90th percentile, 2025

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 7.6 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 limits3

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

47.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024 average: 38.7 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 47.3 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 95.5 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it averaged 38.7 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 41.5 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

1.5ppm

Highest sample; found in 5 of 5

2024 average: 1.5 ppm

The highest sample, in 2024, was 1.5 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. That was also the latest year on file, and it averaged 1.5 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.99 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

2.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2019

2019: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 2.4 ppb, in 2017, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2019, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.

What handles it

2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • 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: 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?

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleOne cloudiness reading was above the maximum allowed.EPA: Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)March 1, 2026 to March 31, 2026—Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleOne cloudiness reading was above the maximum allowed.EPA: Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Dec. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2025—Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleOne cloudiness reading was above the maximum allowed.EPA: Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)July 1, 2024 to July 31, 2024—Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleOne cloudiness reading was above the maximum allowed.EPA: Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)June 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024—Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleOne cloudiness reading was above the maximum allowed.EPA: Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)April 1, 2024 to April 30, 2024—Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleOne cloudiness reading was above the maximum allowed.EPA: Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)April 1, 2022 to April 30, 2022—Resolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2022 to March 31, 202280.8 UG/LResolved
TTHMThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageOct. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 202185.8 UG/LResolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleToo many readings in a month showed cloudiness above the filtration standard.EPA: Monthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Feb. 1, 2016 to Feb. 29, 2016—Resolved
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 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Chromium (total) and fluoride come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Fonda (V) Water Works’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 Oct. 16, 2012 to Oct. 22, 2019.

Testing your own tap

Fonda (V) Water Works’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 Fonda (V) Water Works serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Gloversville Water Works

    Gloversville, NY · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (518) 773-4586

  • Eden Laboratory, Inc.

    Schenectady, NY · about 21 miles

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

    (518) 836-1270

  • Pace Analytical Services,llc-Ballston Spa

    Ballston Spa, NY · about 27 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (518) 884-0800

All 161 certified labs for New York

Sources

PWSID NY2800138. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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