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Is Pelham, NY tap water safe?

Veolia Water New York, Inc. Rd - 1 serves Pelham, 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

Veolia Water New York, Inc. Rd - 1 serves Pelham. In EPA’s and New York’s records it has 2 results above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lead at 12.2 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Veolia Water New York, Inc. Rd - 1’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Pelham

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

  • City of Yonkers, Bureau of Water's Laboratory

    Yonkers, NY · about 6 miles

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

    (914) 377-6764

  • NY Environmental and Analytical Labs Inc.

    Port Washington, NY · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (516) 944-9500

  • Veolia Water NJ - Haworth Water Quality Lab

    Haworth, NJ · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (201) 599-6039

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Pelham

Which ZIP codes are in Pelham: 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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