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Is Ballston Spa, NY tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Ballston Spa, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and New York’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

None of the 4 utilities serving Ballston Spa has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and New York’s records.

Ballston Spa Village, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.7 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Ballston Spa’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Ballston Spa Village’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Ballston Spa

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab New York certifies.

The 3 labs New York certifies closest to Ballston Spa, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Pace Analytical Services,llc-Ballston Spa

    Ballston Spa, NY · under a mile

    Certified for bacteria

    (518) 884-0800

  • Eden Laboratory, Inc.

    Schenectady, NY · about 16 miles

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

    (518) 836-1270

  • Jh Consulting Group, Inc.

    Loudonville, NY · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (518) 785-9839

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Ballston Spa

Which ZIP codes are in Ballston Spa: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: NYS Environmental Laboratory Approval Program (ELAP), drinking water labs, as listed in TNI LAMS; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

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