Is Montrose, NY tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Montrose 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.
Buchanan Village, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and New York’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Montrose’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Buchanan Village
New York · serves 2,200 people · nearly all in Montrose
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Cortlandt Consolidated WD
New York · serves 28,369 people · about 160 in Montrose
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.4 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Croton on Hudson Village
New York · serves 8,000 people · under 100 in Montrose
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Montrose
The 3 labs New York certifies closest to Montrose, 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 7 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper
Westchester Co Labs and Research
Valhalla, NY · about 12 miles
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 13 miles
Certified for lead and copper, asbestos
Which ZIP codes are in Montrose: 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 Montrose
Other towns in Westchester County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Buchanan Village’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water