Is Valhalla, NY tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving Valhalla have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and New York’s records: Kensico Water District and Westchester County WD #3.
Kensico Water District, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 63.9 ppb, above the legal limit.
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 Valhalla’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Kensico Water District
New York · serves 17,917 people · about 860 in Valhalla
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 63.9 ppb, above the legal limit.
6 health-based violations since 2016
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Westchester County WD #3
New York · serves 6,000 people · about 160 in Valhalla
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 102 ppb, above the legal limit.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Greenburgh Consolidated WD #1
New York · serves 43,312 people · about 120 in Valhalla
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Valhalla
The 3 labs New York certifies closest to Valhalla, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Westchester Co Labs and Research
Valhalla, NY · under a mile
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, PFAS
EAS Inc. - Eastern Analytical Services Inc.
Elmsford, NY · about 3 miles
Certified for lead and copper, asbestos
Rtca-Radon Testing Corporation of America, Inc.
Elmsford, NY · about 3 miles
ZIP codes in Valhalla
Which ZIP codes are in Valhalla: 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 Valhalla
Other towns in Westchester County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Kensico Water District’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water