Community Water System · PWSID NY5903470

Pabst Water District

Serves 253 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateNorth Salem, New York
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On record since 1994: 56 violations. 25 over the limit · 1 treatment lapse · 29 missed or late tests · 1 notice or report. Most recent began 2025-07-01.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

25Over the limit
1Treatment lapse
29Missed or late test
1Notice or report

More violations on record than 93% 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

1994 · Missed or late test: 1199520002005201020152017 · Missed or late test: 22018 · Notice or report: 12019 · Missed or late test: 12020 · Treatment lapse: 120202022 · Over the limit: 82022 · Over the limit: 82022 · Over the limit: 82023 · Over the limit: 62023 · Over the limit: 62023 · Missed or late test: 252023 · Missed or late test: 252023 · Missed or late test: 252023 · Missed or late test: 252023 · Missed or late test: 252023 · Missed or late test: 252023 · Missed or late test: 252023 · Missed or late test: 252023 · Missed or late test: 252024 · Over the limit: 72024 · Over the limit: 72024 · Over the limit: 72025 · Over the limit: 42025 · Over the limit: 42025
One square ≈ 3 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
45% over the limit · 252% treatment lapse · 152% missed or late test · 292% notice or report · 1

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×+280628052025-07-01 · 2806: measured 0.000013 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.3×)2025-04-01 · 2806: measured 0.000010 NG/L vs limit 0.000010 NG/L (1.0×)2025-01-01 · 2806: measured 0.000013 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.3×)2025-01-01 · 2805: measured 0.000011 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.1×)2024-10-01 · 2806: measured 13.90 NG/L vs limit 10.00 NG/L (1.4×)2024-10-01 · 2805: measured 12.60 NG/L vs limit 10.00 NG/L (1.3×)2024-07-01 · 2806: measured 0.000014 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.4×)2024-07-01 · 2805: measured 0.000012 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.2×)2024-04-01 · 2806: measured 0.000011 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.1×)2024-04-01 · 2805: measured 0.000011 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.1×)2024-01-01 · 2806: measured 0.000012 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.2×)2023-10-01 · 2805: measured 0.000010 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.0×)2023-10-01 · 2806: measured 0.000010 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.0×)2023-07-01 · 2806: measured 0.000013 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.3×)2023-04-01 · 2806: measured 0.000013 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.2×)2023-01-01 · 2806: measured 0.000013 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.3×)2023-01-01 · 2805: measured 0.000012 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.2×)2022-10-01 · 2806: measured 0.000013 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.3×)2022-10-01 · 2805: measured 0.000011 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.1×)2022-07-01 · 2806: measured 0.000016 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.6×)2022-07-01 · 2805: measured 0.000013 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.3×)2022-04-01 · 2806: measured 0.000015 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.5×)2022-04-01 · 2805: measured 0.000013 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.3×)2022-01-01 · 2806: measured 0.000015 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.5×)2022-01-01 · 2805: measured 0.000012 MG/L vs limit 0.000010 MG/L (1.2×)
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 8 results on file · action level 15 ppb

19 ppb
9.8 ppb
7.3 ppb
5.7 ppb
4 ppb
3.7 ppb
3 ppb
2.7 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-07-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000013 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2025-04-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000010 NG/L · limit 0.000010 NG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2025-01-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000013 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2025-01-012805MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000011 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2024-10-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 13.90 NG/L · limit 10.00 NG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2024-10-012805MCL, Averagemeasured 12.60 NG/L · limit 10.00 NG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2024-07-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000014 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2024-07-012805MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000012 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2024-04-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000011 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2024-04-012805MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000011 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2024-01-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000012 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2023-10-012805MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000010 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2023-10-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000010 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2023-10-012829Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2023-10-012828Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2023-10-012827Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2023-10-012826Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2023-10-012825Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2023-10-012824Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2023-10-012823Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2023-10-012822Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2023-10-012821Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  23. 2023-10-012820Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2023-10-012819Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2023-10-012816Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
Show the other 31 entries
  1. 2023-10-012815Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2023-10-012814Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2023-10-012813Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2023-10-012812Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2023-10-012809Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2023-10-012808Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2023-10-012807Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2023-10-012806Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2023-10-012805Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2023-10-012804Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2023-10-012803Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2023-10-012802Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2023-10-012801Monitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2023-07-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000013 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2023-04-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000013 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2023-01-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000013 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2023-01-012805MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000012 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2022-10-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000013 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2022-10-012805MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000011 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2022-07-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000016 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2022-07-012805MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000013 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2022-04-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000015 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  23. 2022-04-012805MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000013 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2022-01-012806MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000015 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2022-01-012805MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000012 MG/L · limit 0.000010 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  26. 2020-12-01Groundwater RuleTreatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  27. 2019-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  28. 2018-04-01Unknown contaminantOperations ReportBack in compliance
  29. 2017-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  30. 2017-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  31. 1994-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance

System details

Population served253
Service connections71
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityNorth Salem
EPA ZIP on file10560

Areas served

  • Westchester County

Reading this record

Pabst Water District is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 253 people in North Salem, 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.