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Is Glen Cove, NY tap water safe?

Glen Cove City serves Glen Cove, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and New York’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Glen Cove City serves Glen Cove. In EPA’s and New York’s records it has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: PFOA at 4.5 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Glen Cove City’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Glen Cove

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

  • NY Environmental and Analytical Labs Inc.

    Port Washington, NY · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (516) 944-9500

  • EMSL Analytical, Inc.

    Carle Place, NY · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, asbestos

    (516) 997-7251

  • Nassau County Dept of Health

    Hempstead, NY · about 12 miles

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

    (516) 572-1202

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Glen Cove

Which ZIP codes are in Glen Cove: 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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