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Peek N Peak Recreation

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
500 people
Connections
200
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
French Creek (T), NY
County
Chautauqua
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

14736

The short answer

3 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 2005 to 2024.

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, fluoride and chromium (total): EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Sept. 12, 2013 to Feb. 25, 2019. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal3

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

6.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024 average: 4.0 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 6.3 ppb, in 2022: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 11.9 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it averaged 4.0 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 4.9 ppb, in 2015.

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

3.3ppb

90th percentile, 2022 to 2024

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 3.3 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

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.18ppb

Highest yearly average, 2016

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.18 ppb, in 2016: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits3

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

20.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024 average: 14.5 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 20.4 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 34.7 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it averaged 14.5 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 7.2 ppb, in 2014.

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

6.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2024

2024 average: 4.4 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 6.0 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 10 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it averaged 4.4 ppb.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.27ppm

Highest yearly average, 2013 to 2019

2019, one sample: 0.2 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.27 ppm, in 2013, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2019, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.2 ppm.

What handles it

2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)
  • Nitrate

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, Uranium

    For: Arsenic, Lead, Uranium

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

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, fluoride and chromium (total) come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Peek N Peak Recreation’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. 12, 2013 to Feb. 25, 2019.

Testing your own tap

Peek N Peak Recreation’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 Peek N Peak Recreation serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC - Erie

    Erie, PA · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (814) 660-6078

  • Chautauqua County Health

    Mayville, NY · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (716) 753-4481

  • Mcandrew Laboratory Inc.

    Orchard Park, NY · about 66 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (716) 649-7960

All 161 certified labs for New York

Sources

PWSID NY0611741. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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