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Odessa 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
810 people
Connections
387
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Odessa (V), NY
County
Schuyler
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

14869

The short answer

2 results are above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2007 to 2026.

Arsenic, haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and nitrate: 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 April 15, 2013 to July 2, 2019. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal2

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

8.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024 average: 8.0 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 8.2 ppb, in 2020: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 10.2 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it averaged 8.0 ppb. EPA recorded no violation for arsenic at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 8.6 ppb, in 2012.

What handles it

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

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

1.9ppb

90th percentile, 2024 to 2026

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 1.9 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

4.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024 average: 1.1 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 4.7 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it averaged 1.1 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 7.1 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

5.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024 average: 2.6 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 5.3 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it averaged 2.6 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 14.7 ppb, in 2015.

What handles it

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

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.2ppm

Highest yearly average, 2013 to 2019

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.2 ppm, in 2019, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

0.072ppm

Highest sample; found in 2 of 5

2024: not found

The highest sample, in 2023, was 0.072 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.05 ppm, in 2016.

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.
  • Chromium (total)

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

    For: Arsenic, Lead

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

  • NSF/ANSI 58

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

    For: Arsenic, Lead

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

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 6 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, haloacetic acids (HAA5), total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and nitrate 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. Odessa 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 2020 to 2024; EPA’s compliance samples are from April 15, 2013 to July 2, 2019.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Community Science Institute, Inc.

    Ithaca, NY · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (607) 257-6606

  • Ghm Environmental

    Savona, NY · about 22 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (607) 583-4332

  • R&J Laboratories

    Penn Yan, NY · about 26 miles

    Certified for lead and copper

    (315) 536-9302

All 161 certified labs for New York

Sources

PWSID NY4801185. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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