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Southeast, NY

EPA monitoring detected 69 contaminants across the 25 water suppliers serving Southeast. A detection doesn't automatically mean the water is unsafe — see the level at the main supplier for each below, with its EPA source and period.

25
water suppliers
10,068
people served
69
contaminants found
New York rankings Lead in New York PFAS in New York

What was found in Southeast's water

The level at the city's main supplier, the highest level anywhere in the city, the EPA limit for each, and where every figure comes from.

ContaminantLevel vs EPA limitSuppliersSource
Nitrate
870 µg/L 8.7%
of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2015
Highest in the city: 17620 µg/L — MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
21/25 SYR4
Nitrate-Nitrite
4390 µg/L 44%
of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L
Highest in the city: HOLLY STREAM CONDOMINIUM APTS · 168 people · 2013
9/25 SYR4
Fluoride
500 µg/L 13%
of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2015
Highest in the city: 2120 µg/L — MIDDLEBRANCH APTS · 50 people · 2019
10/25 SYR4
Barium
117.9 µg/L 5.9%
of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2018
Highest in the city: 351.9 µg/L — MIDDLEBRANCH APTS · 50 people · 2019
19/25 SYR4
Chloroform
30 µg/L
No EPA limit set
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2019
Highest in the city: 160 µg/L — SPRINGHOUSE ESTATES W.W. CORP. · 162 people · 2019
20/25 SYR4
TTHM
37 µg/L 46%
of the EPA limit 80 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2014
Highest in the city: 129.6 µg/L — SPRINGHOUSE ESTATES W.W. CORP. · 162 people · 2019
19/25 SYR4
Trichloroacetic Acid
7.04 µg/L
No EPA limit set
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2019
Highest in the city: 75.285 µg/L — SPRINGHOUSE ESTATES W.W. CORP. · 162 people · 2019
13/25 SYR4
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
19.6 µg/L 33%
of the EPA limit 60 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2014
Highest in the city: 66.55 µg/L — SPRINGHOUSE ESTATES W.W. CORP. · 162 people · 2019
18/25 SYR4
Bromoform
0.6355 µg/L
No EPA limit set
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2019
Highest in the city: 65.76 µg/L — FOX HILL ESTATES · 100 people · 2019
18/25 SYR4
Copper
58 µg/L 4.5%
of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L
Highest in the city: BREWSTER HEIGHTS · 1,350 people · 2012
1/25 SYR4
Dichloroacetic Acid
11.48 µg/L
No EPA limit set
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2019
Highest in the city: 57.28 µg/L — SPRINGHOUSE ESTATES W.W. CORP. · 162 people · 2019
17/25 SYR4
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
3.35 µg/L 4.8%
of the EPA limit 70 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2019
Highest in the city: 28.555 µg/L — HILLCREST WATER DISTRICT · 400 people · 2019
3/25 SYR4
Tetrachloroethylene
3.24 µg/L 65%
of the EPA limit 5 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2019
Highest in the city: 20 µg/L — HILLCREST WATER DISTRICT · 400 people · 2019
3/25 SYR4
Trichloroethylene
1.9 µg/L 38%
of the EPA limit 5 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2019
Highest in the city: 20 µg/L — HILLCREST WATER DISTRICT · 400 people · 2019
3/25 SYR4
Bromodichloromethane
17 µg/L
No EPA limit set
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2019
Highest in the city: 17.75 µg/L — PEACEABLE HILL WATER DISTRICT · 475 people · 2018
20/25 SYR4
1,2-Dichloroethane
15.95 µg/L 319%
of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 5 µg/L
Highest in the city: HILLCREST WATER DISTRICT · 400 people · 2019
2/25 SYR4
Dibromoacetic Acid
1.74 µg/L
No EPA limit set
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2019
Highest in the city: 13.9 µg/L — MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
16/25 SYR4
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
13 µg/L 6.5%
of the EPA limit 200 µg/L
Highest in the city: HILLCREST WATER DISTRICT · 400 people · 2019
2/25 SYR4
Combined Uranium
13 µg/L 43%
of the EPA limit 30 µg/L
Highest in the city: RIVERSIDE APARTMENTS · 36 people · 2014
11/25 SYR4
Cyanide
10 µg/L 5%
of the EPA limit 200 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2015
2/25 SYR4
Dibromochloromethane
9.75 µg/L
No EPA limit set
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2019
20/25 SYR4
Chromium
7 µg/L 7%
of the EPA limit 100 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2018
Highest in the city: 8.5 µg/L — MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
5/25 SYR4
Monochloroacetic Acid
3.04 µg/L
No EPA limit set
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2019
Highest in the city: 8.275 µg/L — HILLTOP MEADOWS WATER SUPPLY · 196 people · 2019
9/25 SYR4
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U
7.5 pCi/L 50%
of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L
Highest in the city: HILLTOP MEADOWS WATER SUPPLY · 196 people · 2014
10/25 SYR4
Dichloromethane
5.93 µg/L 119%
of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 5 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2019
3/25 SYR4
Monobromoacetic Acid
1 µg/L
No EPA limit set
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2019
Highest in the city: 3.7 µg/L — BREWSTER HEIGHTS · 1,350 people · 2019
6/25 SYR4
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)
3.39 pCi/L 68%
of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L
Highest in the city: SPRINGHOUSE ESTATES W.W. CORP. · 162 people · 2017
3/25 SYR4
Selenium
2 µg/L 4%
of the EPA limit 50 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2018
Highest in the city: 3.1 µg/L — MOUNTAIN BROOK HOMES · 125 people · 2016
4/25 SYR4
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Adipate
2.15 µg/L 0.5%
of the EPA limit 400 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2013
2/25 SYR4
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate
2.15 µg/L 36%
of the EPA limit 6 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2013
3/25 SYR4
Arsenic
1.4 µg/L 14%
of the EPA limit 10 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2018
9/25 SYR4
Antimony, Total
0.4000 µg/L 6.7%
of the EPA limit 6 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2018
Highest in the city: 1.1 µg/L — SPRINGHOUSE ESTATES W.W. CORP. · 162 people · 2019
4/25 SYR4
Cadmium
1 µg/L 20%
of the EPA limit 5 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2018
5/25 SYR4
Dalapon
1 µg/L 0.5%
of the EPA limit 200 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2016
2/25 SYR4
Toxaphene
0.5200 µg/L 17%
of the EPA limit 3 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2016
2/25 SYR4
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
0.5000 µg/L 10%
of the EPA limit 5 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
1/25 SYR4
1,1-Dichloroethylene
0.5000 µg/L 7.1%
of the EPA limit 7 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
1/25 SYR4
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
0.5000 µg/L 0.7%
of the EPA limit 70 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
1/25 SYR4
1,2-Dichloropropane
0.5000 µg/L 10%
of the EPA limit 5 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
1/25 SYR4
Benzene
0.5000 µg/L 10%
of the EPA limit 5 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
1/25 SYR4
Chlorobenzene
0.5000 µg/L 0.5%
of the EPA limit 100 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
1/25 SYR4
Carbon Tetrachloride
0.5000 µg/L 10%
of the EPA limit 5 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
1/25 SYR4
Ethylbenzene
0.5000 µg/L 0.1%
of the EPA limit 700 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
1/25 SYR4
Styrene
0.5000 µg/L 0.5%
of the EPA limit 100 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
1/25 SYR4
Toluene
0.5000 µg/L 0.1%
of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
1/25 SYR4
Vinyl Chloride
0.5000 µg/L 25%
of the EPA limit 2 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
1/25 SYR4
O-Dichlorobenzene
0.5000 µg/L 0.1%
of the EPA limit 600 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
1/25 SYR4
P-Dichlorobenzene
0.5000 µg/L 0.7%
of the EPA limit 75 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
1/25 SYR4
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
0.5000 µg/L 0.5%
of the EPA limit 100 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAINVIEW APTS · 132 people · 2019
1/25 SYR4
Beryllium, Total
0.3000 µg/L 7.5%
of the EPA limit 4 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2018
2/25 SYR4
Thallium, Total
0.3000 µg/L 15%
of the EPA limit 2 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2018
1/25 SYR4
Chlordane
0.2100 µg/L 11%
of the EPA limit 2 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2016
2/25 SYR4
2,4,5-TP
0.2000 µg/L 0.4%
of the EPA limit 50 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2016
2/25 SYR4
Carbofuran
0.2000 µg/L 0.5%
of the EPA limit 40 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2016
2/25 SYR4
Dinoseb
0.2000 µg/L 2.9%
of the EPA limit 7 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2016
2/25 SYR4
Mercury
0.2000 µg/L 10%
of the EPA limit 2 µg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2015
2/25 SYR4
Oxamyl
0.2000 µg/L 0.1%
of the EPA limit 200 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2016
2/25 SYR4
Atrazine
0.1100 µg/L 3.7%
of the EPA limit 3 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2013
2/25 SYR4
Benzo(A)Pyrene
0.1100 µg/L 55%
of the EPA limit 0.2000 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2016
2/25 SYR4
Endrin
0.1100 µg/L 5.5%
of the EPA limit 2 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2016
2/25 SYR4
Hexachlorobenzene
0.1100 µg/L 11%
of the EPA limit 1 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2013
2/25 SYR4
Heptachlor
0.1100 µg/L 27%
of the EPA limit 0.4000 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2016
2/25 SYR4
Heptachlor Epoxide
0.1100 µg/L 55%
of the EPA limit 0.2000 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2016
2/25 SYR4
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
0.1100 µg/L 0.2%
of the EPA limit 50 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2016
2/25 SYR4
Methoxychlor
0.1100 µg/L 0.3%
of the EPA limit 40 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2016
1/25 SYR4
Simazine
0.1100 µg/L 2.8%
of the EPA limit 4 µg/L
Highest in the city: BLACKBERRY HILL · 500 people · 2016
2/25 SYR4
2,4-D
0.1000 µg/L 0.1%
of the EPA limit 70 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAIN BROOK HOMES · 125 people · 2016
1/25 SYR4
Picloram
0.1000 µg/L 0%
of the EPA limit 500 µg/L
Highest in the city: MOUNTAIN BROOK HOMES · 125 people · 2016
1/25 SYR4
Lead
0.0079 mg/L 53%
of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L
Main supplier: BREWSTER VILLAGE · 2,162 people · 2021
Highest in the city: 0.0084 mg/L — REED FARM CONDOMINIUMS W.S. · 600 people · 2021
25/25 LCR
Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of the system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Formal violations are listed separately. These are the utilities' own EPA-reported results, not a city-wide average. A detection means the lab measured the substance — it isn't the same as exceeding a legal limit. Hover a source tag to see the EPA program and years behind each figure.

Water suppliers serving Southeast

SupplierPopulation served
BREWSTER VILLAGE 2,162
MOUNT EBO WS 1,500
BREWSTER HEIGHTS 1,350
HUNTERS GLEN CONDOMINIUM WS 875
REED FARM CONDOMINIUMS W.S. 600
BLACKBERRY HILL 500
VAILS GROVE COOPERATIVE 500
PEACEABLE HILL WATER DISTRICT 475
HILLCREST WATER DISTRICT 400
STARR RIDGE MANOR 295
HILLTOP MEADOWS WATER SUPPLY 196
HOLLY STREAM CONDOMINIUM APTS 168
SPRINGHOUSE ESTATES W.W. CORP. 162
MOUNTAINVIEW APTS 132
MOUNTAIN BROOK HOMES 125
DEANS CORNERS WATER WORKS 107
FOX HILL ESTATES 100
BREWSTER WOODS CONDOMINIUM 99
BIRCH HILL ACRES 60
SPRING KNOLLS 53
MIDDLEBRANCH APTS 50
DELANCY STREET FOUNDATION (CASTLE) 48
NIKAJ ESTATES 40
RIVERSIDE APARTMENTS 36
VIRGINIA WOODS CONDO 35

Frequently asked questions about Southeast tap water

Is Southeast tap water safe to drink?

EPA testing detected 69 contaminants in the water serving Southeast. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most detected levels are within federal limits. Check the level and source for each contaminant above, and your utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for the official compliance status.

How many water suppliers serve Southeast?

25 public water suppliers report drinking-water monitoring for Southeast, New York to the EPA. Each is listed above with its population served.

What contaminants are in Southeast's water?

The contaminants EPA monitoring detected in Southeast include Nitrate, Nitrate-Nitrite, Fluoride, Barium, Chloroform. The full list, with the level at the main supplier and the data source, is in the table above.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.