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New Paltz (Town) Water Distric

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
810 people
Connections
253
Water source
Surface water bought from another system
Based in
New Paltz (T), NY
County
Ulster
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

12561

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: Haloacetic acids (HAA5), above the limit’s level, no violation. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 1992 to 2023.

Haloacetic acids (HAA5) 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.

Above the limit’s level, no violation recorded1

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Above the limit’s level, no violation

60.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024 average: 38.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 60.6 ppb, in 2021, above EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 133 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it averaged 38.3 ppb. EPA judges this limit on running averages at each sampling point, and recorded no violation for haloacetic acids (HAA5) 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 37 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

13.1ppb

90th percentile, 2021 to 2023

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 13.1 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027, and this result is at or above that. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits1

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

80ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 80 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 103 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 56 ppb, in 2014.

What handles it

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

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?

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 2 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Haloacetic acids (HAA5) 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. New Paltz (Town) Water Distric’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has 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.

Testing your own tap

New Paltz (Town) Water Distric’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 New Paltz (Town) Water Distric serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Aqua Check Laboratories, Inc.

    Stone Ridge, NY · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (845) 687-0420

  • Poughkeepsies' Water Treatment Facility

    Poughkeepsie, NY · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (845) 451-4173

  • Environmental Labworks Inc.

    Marlboro, NY · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (845) 236-7823

All 161 certified labs for New York

Sources

PWSID NY5515690. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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