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Is Mount Kisco, NY tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Mount Kisco, 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 3 utilities serving Mount Kisco 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: Mount Kisco Water Department.

Mount Kisco Water Department, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.4 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 Mount Kisco’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 Mount Kisco Water Department’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 Mount Kisco

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 Mount Kisco, 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

    (914) 245-3203

  • Westchester Co Labs and Research

    Valhalla, NY · about 8 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 11 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, asbestos

    (914) 592-8380

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Mount Kisco

Which ZIP codes are in Mount Kisco: 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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