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Is Clifton Gardens, NY tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Clifton Gardens, 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.

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The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Clifton Gardens 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: Clifton Park Water Authority.

Clifton Park Water Authority, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 95.7 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. 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 Clifton Gardens’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 Clifton Park Water Authority’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Clifton Gardens

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

  • Jh Consulting Group, Inc.

    Loudonville, NY · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (518) 785-9839

  • Pace Analytical Services,llc-Ballston Spa

    Ballston Spa, NY · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (518) 884-0800

  • NYS DOH Environmental Biology Laboratory

    Albany, NY · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (518) 474-7161

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Clifton Gardens

Which ZIP codes are in Clifton Gardens: 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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