Is Hawthorne, NY tap water safe?
The short answer
Kensico Water District serves Hawthorne. In EPA’s and New York’s records it has 1 result above the legal limit, and 6 health-based violations since 2016.
The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 63.9 ppb, above the legal limit.
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.
Water testing near Hawthorne
The 3 labs New York certifies closest to Hawthorne, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Westchester Co Labs and Research
Valhalla, NY · about 1 mile
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS
EAS Inc. - Eastern Analytical Services Inc.
Elmsford, NY · about 3 miles
Certified for lead and copper, asbestos
Rtca-Radon Testing Corporation of America, Inc.
Elmsford, NY · about 3 miles
ZIP codes in Hawthorne
Which ZIP codes are in Hawthorne: 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 Hawthorne
Other towns in Westchester County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Kensico Water District’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water