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Is Heritage Hills, NY tap water safe?

5 utilities serve Heritage Hills, 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 5 utilities serving Heritage Hills 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: Croton Falls Water District.

Heritage Hills Water System, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 6.6 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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 Heritage Hills’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 Heritage Hills Water System’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 Heritage Hills

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

  • Yorktown Medical Laboratory Inc.

    Yorktown Heights, NY · about 5 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper

    (914) 245-3203

  • Westchester Co Labs and Research

    Valhalla, NY · about 17 miles

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

    (914) 231-1768

  • EAS Inc. - Eastern Analytical Services Inc.

    Elmsford, NY · about 20 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, asbestos

    (914) 592-8380

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Heritage Hills

Which ZIP codes are in Heritage Hills: 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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