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Is Country Knolls, NY tap water safe?

6 utilities serve Country Knolls, 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

2 of the 6 utilities serving Country Knolls have 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 and Round Lake Village (Cpwa).

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 Country Knolls’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 Country Knolls

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 Country Knolls, 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 · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (518) 884-0800

  • Eden Laboratory, Inc.

    Schenectady, NY · about 12 miles

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

    (518) 836-1270

  • Jh Consulting Group, Inc.

    Loudonville, NY · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (518) 785-9839

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Country Knolls

Which ZIP codes are in Country Knolls: 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.