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Is Greenport West, NY tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Greenport West, 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 Greenport West 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: Suffolk County Water Authority.

Greenport Water District, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 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 Greenport West’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 Greenport Water District’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 Greenport West

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

  • Regional Water Authority

    New Haven, CT · about 32 miles

    Certified for PFAS

    (203) 401-2700

  • Aquatek Labs

    Woodbridge, CT · about 37 miles

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

    (203) 623-9804

  • EMSL Analytical, Inc.

    Meriden, CT · about 38 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (203) 284-5948

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Greenport West

Which ZIP codes are in Greenport West: 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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