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Is Yorkville, NY tap water safe?

Mvwa - Mohawk Valley Water Authority serves Yorkville, 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

Mvwa - Mohawk Valley Water Authority serves Yorkville. In EPA’s and New York’s records it has 2 results above the health goal, and 2 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: Lead at 9.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Mvwa - Mohawk Valley Water Authority’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Yorkville

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

  • Mohawk Valley Water Authority

    Utica, NY · about 3 miles

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

    (315) 792-0338

  • A & P Water Testing

    Morrisville, NY · about 27 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (315) 684-3169

  • Gloversville Water Works

    Gloversville, NY · about 44 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (518) 773-4586

All 161 certified labs for New York

ZIP codes in Yorkville

Which ZIP codes are in Yorkville: 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 Yorkville

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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