Samaritan Village - Briggs Hwy
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
- 275 people
- Connections
- 6
- Water source
- Groundwater
- Based in
- Wawarsing (T), NY
- County
- Ulster
- Owner
- Private
The short answer
Nothing in EPA’s and New York’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals, plus lead and copper, not everything. No health-based violations on file since 2016.
What was found
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, arsenic and uranium: New York’s yearly summaries per water system, 2020 to 2023, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.
Fluoride and chromium (total): EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Jan. 28, 2015 to Aug. 15, 2018. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.
Below EPA’s limits4
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Forms or is added in treatment
8.3ppb
Highest yearly average, 2021
Averaged by year, the highest was 8.3 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 28.8 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
4.3ppb
Highest yearly average, 2021
Averaged by year, the highest was 4.3 ppb, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. That is the only year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 16.8 ppb, in 2014.
What handles it
No certification claim covers this compound yet.
Nitrate
Comes from the source
0.31ppm
Highest sample; found in 5 of 5
2023 average: 0.23 ppm
The highest sample, in 2021, was 0.31 ppm, below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm. In 2023, the latest year on file, it averaged 0.23 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 0.2 ppm, in 2019.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”
Fluoride
Forms or is added in treatment
0.052ppm
Highest yearly average, 2015 to 2018
2018: not found
Averaged by year, the highest was 0.052 ppm, in 2015, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.1 ppm. In 2018, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Fluoride Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Fluoride”
4 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
- Arsenic
- Chromium (total)
- Lead
- Uranium
Violations since 2016
No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There is 1 monitoring or reporting violation: a sample missed, late or not reported.
What this report can’t tell you
Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate, arsenic and uranium 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. Samaritan Village - Briggs Hwy’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 2023; EPA’s compliance samples are from Jan. 28, 2015 to Aug. 15, 2018.
Testing your own tap
No lab New York certifies is within 75 miles of the area Samaritan Village - Briggs Hwy serves on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.
All 161 certified labs for New YorkSources
- EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, file of Oct. 15, 2026
- EPA SDWA bulk download (SDWIS federal data), 2026 Q3
- New York State Department of Health, Environmental Public Health Tracker, results from Jan. 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2024, read Oct. 8, 2026
- EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, file of Feb. 5, 2024
- Limits and goals: each contaminant’s page, with its EPA source.
- How this page is built: methodology.
PWSID NY5505567. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.
What to do next
- Nothing here is above a health goalIn EPA’s and New York’s records for this utility. They don’t cover everything, which is why the next step matters.Every contaminant TapBuff tracks
- Get the utility’s own reportSamaritan Village - Briggs Hwy must send you a water quality report every year. It covers contaminants this page does not show, and has newer results than EPA’s national file for the ones here that come from it.How to read it
- Test your own tap for leadYour service line, solder and fixtures decide the lead at your faucet, not the utility’s average.Lead in your water: what to do
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded