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Pheasant Hill

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
125 people
Connections
48
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Minisink (T), NY
County
Orange
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

10998

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Uranium, above the health goal. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Uranium, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, haloacetic acids (HAA5) 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 Aug. 21, 2012 to Dec. 12, 2018. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal1

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2021

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.4 ppb, in 2021: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.0 ppb, in 2014.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits3

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

24ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023

2023 average: 20 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 24 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2023, the latest year on file, it averaged 20 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 19.1 ppb, in 2014.

What handles it

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

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

3.0ppm

Highest sample; found in 4 of 5

2024 average: 1.5 ppm

The highest sample, in 2020, was 3.0 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2024, the latest year on file, it averaged 1.5 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 4.5 ppm, in 2018.

What handles it

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

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

7.6ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2023

Averaged by year, the highest was 7.6 ppb, in 2023, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 4.4 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

4 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Chromium (total)
  • Fluoride
  • Lead

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?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

Filters with those claims on a certifier’s listing

None of the filters TapBuff has checked so far carry these claims. Search the certifier listings for the claim above.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Uranium, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), nitrate, haloacetic acids (HAA5) 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. Pheasant Hill’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 Aug. 21, 2012 to Dec. 12, 2018.

Testing your own tap

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

  • Ocl Analytical Services

    Bloomingburg, NY · about 19 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (845) 733-1557

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC-Newburgh

    Newburgh, NY · about 29 miles

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

    (845) 562-0890

  • AG Environmental RSC LLC Dba Sullivan County Labs

    Ferndale, NY · about 30 miles

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

    (845) 704-8151

All 161 certified labs for New York

Sources

PWSID NY3505660. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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