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Is Batavia, NY tap water safe?

5 utilities serve Batavia, 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 5 utilities serving Batavia 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.

Batavia City, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.77 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 Batavia’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Batavia

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

  • EMSL Analytical Inc.

    Depew, NY · about 26 miles

    Certified for bacteria, asbestos

    (716) 651-0030

  • ALS Environmental - Rochester

    Rochester, NY · about 30 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (585) 288-5380

  • EMSL Analytical, Inc.

    Rochester, NY · about 30 miles

    Certified for asbestos

    (585) 957-9436

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Batavia

Which ZIP codes are in Batavia: 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.

Near Batavia

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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