Is Wantagh, NY tap water safe?
The short answer
Liberty Utilities New York - Merrick serves Wantagh. In EPA’s and New York’s records it has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and 3 health-based violations since 2016.
The worst: Lithium at 139 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
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.
Water testing near Wantagh
The 3 labs New York certifies closest to Wantagh, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Nassau County Dept of Health
Hempstead, NY · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
EMSL Analytical, Inc.
Carle Place, NY · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, asbestos
Certified Laboratories LLC
Melville, NY · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Wantagh
Which ZIP codes are in Wantagh: 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 Wantagh
Other towns in Nassau County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Liberty Utilities New York - Merrick’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water