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Is Middle Island, NY tap water safe?

Suffolk County Water Authority serves Middle Island, 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

Suffolk County Water Authority serves Middle Island. In EPA’s and New York’s records it has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal, and 1 health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: PFOS at 17.4 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 Suffolk County Water Authority’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Middle Island

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

  • Long Island Analytical Laboratories, Inc.

    Holbrook, NY · about 9 miles

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

    (631) 472-3400

  • Enviroscience Consultants, LLC

    Ronkonkoma, NY · about 10 miles

    Certified for asbestos

    (631) 580-3191

  • Suffolk Co Public Env Health Lab

    Hauppauge, NY · about 15 miles

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

    (631) 853-5528

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Middle Island

Which ZIP codes are in Middle Island: 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 Middle Island

Other towns in Suffolk County with a page of their own.

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