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Is Sidney, NY tap water safe?

Sidney Village serves Sidney, 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

Sidney Village serves Sidney. In EPA’s and New York’s records it has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: PFOA at 10.4 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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 Sidney Village’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Sidney

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

  • Microbac New York-Cortland

    Cortland, NY · about 46 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (607) 753-3403

  • A & P Water Testing

    Morrisville, NY · about 46 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (315) 684-3169

  • AG Environmental RSC LLC Dba Sullivan County Labs

    Ferndale, NY · about 50 miles

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

    (845) 704-8151

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Sidney

Which ZIP codes are in Sidney: 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 Sidney

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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