Non-Transient Non-Community · PWSID NY3906087

Putnam County Highway and Facilities

Serves 25 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateCarmel, New York
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On record since 2016: 28 violations. 28 over the limit. Most recent began 2021-01-01.

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

28Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
0Missed or late test
0Notice or report

More violations on record than 86% 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

2005201020152016 · Over the limit: 92016 · Over the limit: 92016 · Over the limit: 92016 · Over the limit: 92016 · Over the limit: 92016 · Over the limit: 92016 · Over the limit: 92016 · Over the limit: 92016 · Over the limit: 92017 · Over the limit: 92017 · Over the limit: 92017 · Over the limit: 92017 · Over the limit: 92017 · Over the limit: 92017 · Over the limit: 92017 · Over the limit: 92017 · Over the limit: 92017 · Over the limit: 92018 · Over the limit: 52018 · Over the limit: 52018 · Over the limit: 52018 · Over the limit: 52018 · Over the limit: 52020 · Over the limit: 32020 · Over the limit: 32020 · Over the limit: 320202021 · Over the limit: 22021 · Over the limit: 22025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
100% over the limit · 28

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×+ManganeseIronChloride2021-01-01 · Manganese: measured 2.81 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (9.4×)2021-01-01 · Iron: measured 3.51 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (11.7×)2020-07-01 · Chloride: measured 3320.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (13.3×)2020-07-01 · Manganese: measured 5.88 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (19.6×)2020-07-01 · Iron: measured 29.10 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (97.0×)2018-10-01 · Manganese: measured 6.31 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (21.0×)2018-10-01 · Iron: measured 35.30 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (117.7×)2018-10-01 · Chloride: measured 3560.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (14.2×)2018-01-01 · Iron: measured 7.08 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (23.6×)2018-01-01 · Manganese: measured 5.69 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (19.0×)2017-10-01 · Chloride: measured 3340.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (13.4×)2017-10-01 · Iron: measured 13.90 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (46.3×)2017-10-01 · Manganese: measured 6.26 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (20.9×)2017-04-01 · Chloride: measured 3400.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (13.6×)2017-04-01 · Manganese: measured 6.52 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (21.7×)2017-04-01 · Iron: measured 19.60 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (65.3×)2017-01-01 · Chloride: measured 3220.00 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (10733.3×)2017-01-01 · Manganese: measured 6.02 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (20.1×)2017-01-01 · Iron: measured 26.90 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (89.7×)2016-10-01 · Manganese: measured 6.81 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (22.7×)2016-10-01 · Iron: measured 22.40 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (74.7×)2016-10-01 · Chloride: measured 3140.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (12.6×)2016-07-01 · Manganese: measured 5.64 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (18.8×)2016-07-01 · Iron: measured 18.30 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (61.0×)2016-07-01 · Chloride: measured 3330.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (13.3×)2016-01-01 · Manganese: measured 7.15 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (23.8×)2016-01-01 · Iron: measured 21.90 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (73.0×)2016-01-01 · Chloride: measured 3370.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (13.5×)
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 2 results on file · action level 15 ppb

3.7 ppb
1 ppb

Copper, 90th percentile 1 result on file · action level 1.3 mg/L

5.1 mg/L

Every violation on record

  1. 2021-01-01ManganeseMCL, Single Samplemeasured 2.81 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2021-01-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 3.51 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2020-07-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 3320.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2020-07-01ManganeseMCL, Single Samplemeasured 5.88 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2020-07-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 29.10 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2018-10-01ManganeseMCL, Single Samplemeasured 6.31 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2018-10-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 35.30 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2018-10-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 3560.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2018-01-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 7.08 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2018-01-01ManganeseMCL, Single Samplemeasured 5.69 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2017-10-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 3340.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2017-10-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.90 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2017-10-01ManganeseMCL, Single Samplemeasured 6.26 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2017-04-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 3400.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2017-04-01ManganeseMCL, Single Samplemeasured 6.52 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2017-04-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 19.60 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2017-01-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 3220.00 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2017-01-01ManganeseMCL, Single Samplemeasured 6.02 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2017-01-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 26.90 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2016-10-01ManganeseMCL, Averagemeasured 6.81 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2016-10-01IronMCL, Averagemeasured 22.40 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2016-10-01ChlorideMCL, Averagemeasured 3140.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2016-07-01ManganeseMCL, Averagemeasured 5.64 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2016-07-01IronMCL, Averagemeasured 18.30 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2016-07-01ChlorideMCL, Averagemeasured 3330.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
Show the other 3 entries
  1. 2016-01-01ManganeseMCL, Single Samplemeasured 7.15 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2016-01-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 21.90 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2016-01-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 3370.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance

System details

Population served25
Service connections1
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeNon-Transient Non-Community
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityCarmel
EPA ZIP on file10512

Areas served

  • Putnam County

Reading this record

Putnam County Highway and Facilities is a non-transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 25 people in Carmel, 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.