Community Water System · PWSID NY3503549

Newburgh City

Serves 29,000 peopleSurface WaterOwner: Local GovernmentNewburgh, New York
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On record since 1997: 17 violations. 5 over the limit · 8 treatment lapses · 4 missed or late tests. Most recent began 2022-01-01.

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5Over the limit
8Treatment lapse
4Missed or late test
0Notice or report

More violations on record than 78% of active water systems in New York. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

1997 · Treatment lapse: 12000200520102014 · Over the limit: 22014 · Over the limit: 22015 · Over the limit: 32015 · Over the limit: 32015 · Over the limit: 32015 · Treatment lapse: 120152016 · Treatment lapse: 62016 · Treatment lapse: 62016 · Treatment lapse: 62016 · Treatment lapse: 62016 · Treatment lapse: 62016 · Treatment lapse: 62017 · Missed or late test: 12019 · Missed or late test: 12020 · Missed or late test: 120202022 · Missed or late test: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
29% over the limit · 547% treatment lapse · 824% missed or late test · 4

Across New York, 67% of violations are missed or late tests and 3% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Trihalomethanes (TTHM)2015-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 94.50 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.2×)2015-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 86.30 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.1×)2015-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 83.30 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)2014-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 83.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)2014-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 83.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 13 results on file · action level 15 ppb

17.8 ppb
11.3 ppb
10.2 ppb
9.5 ppb
9 ppb
4.5 ppb
2.6 ppb
1.8 ppb
1.7 ppb
1.5 ppb
1.4 ppb
1.2 ppb
1 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2022-01-01Lead and Copper RuleWater Quality Parameter M/RBack in compliance
  2. 2020-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  3. 2019-07-01Lead and Copper RuleWater Quality Parameter M/RBack in compliance
  4. 2017-01-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  5. 2016-05-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  6. 2016-04-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  7. 2016-03-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  8. 2016-02-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  9. 2016-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  10. 2016-01-01Carbon, TotalTreatment Technique Precursor RemovalBack in compliance
  11. 2015-10-01Carbon, TotalTreatment Technique Precursor RemovalBack in compliance
  12. 2015-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 94.50 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2015-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 86.30 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2015-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 83.30 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2014-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 83.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2014-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 83.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  17. 1997-01-01Lead and Copper RulePublic EducationBack in compliance

System details

Population served29,000
Service connections6,486
Water sourceSurface Water
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityNewburgh
EPA ZIP on file12550

Areas served

  • Orange County

Reading this record

Newburgh City is a community water system that draws from surface water and serves about 29,000 people in Newburgh, New York. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.