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Is Rochester Institute of Technology, NY tap water safe?

MCWA serves Rochester Institute of Technology, 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

MCWA serves Rochester Institute of Technology. In EPA’s and New York’s records it has 1 result above the health goal, and 1 health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lead at 5.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

The water from MCWA is moderately hard, 93 to 120 mg/L (5.4 to 7 grains per gallon). How New York’s water compares.

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 MCWA’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Rochester Institute of Technology

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

  • ALS Environmental - Rochester

    Rochester, NY · under a mile

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

    (585) 288-5380

  • EMSL Analytical, Inc.

    Rochester, NY · under a mile

    Certified for asbestos

    (585) 957-9436

  • Lozier Environmental Consulting, Inc.

    Rochester, NY · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (585) 654-9080

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Rochester Institute of Technology

Which ZIP codes are in Rochester Institute of Technology: 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 Rochester Institute of Technology

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