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Is Tonawanda, NY tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Tonawanda, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Tonawanda 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.

Tonawanda, Town Water Dept., which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.1 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 Tonawanda’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 Tonawanda, Town Water Dept.’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 Tonawanda

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

  • Erie County Public Health Laboratory

    Buffalo, NY · about 4 miles

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

    (716) 898-6100

  • Biotrax Testing Laboratory

    Cheektowaga, NY · about 6 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (716) 651-0146

  • Niagara Falls Water Quality Laboratory

    Niagara Falls, NY · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts

    (716) 283-9770

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Tonawanda

Which ZIP codes are in Tonawanda: 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 Tonawanda

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