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Is Plandome Heights, NY tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Plandome Heights, 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

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Plandome Heights 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.

Manhasset Lakeville WD, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: PFNA at 19 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 Plandome Heights’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 Manhasset Lakeville WD’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Plandome Heights

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

  • NY Environmental and Analytical Labs Inc.

    Port Washington, NY · about 3 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper

    (516) 944-9500

  • EMSL Analytical, Inc.

    Carle Place, NY · about 5 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, asbestos

    (516) 997-7251

  • Nassau County Dept of Health

    Hempstead, NY · about 7 miles

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

    (516) 572-1202

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Plandome Heights

Which ZIP codes are in Plandome Heights: 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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