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What EPA’s and New York’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
40 people
Connections
28
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Friendship (T), NY
County
Allegany
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

14739

The short answer

3 results are above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic, above the health goal. 7 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 2005 to 2018.

Arsenic, uranium, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and nitrate: New York’s yearly summaries per water system, 2020 to 2024, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Chromium (total) and fluoride: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from Dec. 31, 2012 to Dec. 28, 2016. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal3

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

10.1ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2024

2024 average: 6.2 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 10.1 ppb, in 2022, which EPA rounds to 10 ppb to compare: at its legal limit of 10 ppb, not above it. Its highest single sample was 22 ppb. In 2024, the latest year on file, it averaged 6.2 ppb. EPA recorded no violation for arsenic at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 24.3 ppb, in 2013, and EPA recorded violations in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

4.7ppb

90th percentile, 2010 to 2018

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 4.7 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

0.46ppb

Highest yearly average, 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.46 ppb, in 2024: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits3

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

4.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2016

2016, one sample: 3.9 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 4.5 ppb, in 2012, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2016, the latest year on file, its one sample was 3.9 ppb.

What handles it

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

3.2ppb

Highest yearly average, 2024

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.2 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.14ppm

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2016

2016, one sample: 0.11 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.14 ppm, in 2012, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. In 2016, the latest year on file, its one sample was 0.11 ppm.

What handles it

2 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
  • Nitrate

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction

    For: Arsenic, Lead

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Lead Reduction, Uranium

    For: Arsenic, Lead, Uranium

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2017 to Sept. 30, 201712.4 UG/LResolved
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2017 to June 30, 201713 UG/LResolved
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2017 to March 31, 201714.6 UG/LResolved
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2017 to March 31, 201716.4 UG/LResolved
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJuly 1, 2016 to Sept. 30, 201614.2 UG/LResolved
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageApril 1, 2016 to June 30, 201613.9 UG/LResolved
ArsenicThe running average was above the legal limit.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, AverageJan. 1, 2016 to March 31, 201615.9 UG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 12 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, uranium, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and nitrate results here are New York’s own yearly summaries from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Chromium (total) and fluoride come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Val - E - Vue Court’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; New York’s yearly summaries cover 2020 to 2024; EPA’s compliance samples are from Dec. 31, 2012 to Dec. 28, 2016.

Testing your own tap

Val - E - Vue Court’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab New York certifies.

The 3 labs New York certifies closest to the area Val - E - Vue Court serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Allegany County Community Environmental Laboratory

    Belmont, NY · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (585) 268-9250

  • Life Science Laboratories Inc. - Finger Lakes

    Wayland, NY · about 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (585) 213-4090

  • Mcandrew Laboratory Inc.

    Orchard Park, NY · about 49 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (716) 649-7960

All 161 certified labs for New York

Sources

PWSID NY0200862. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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