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PFAS in New York

Of the 316 water suppliers tested for PFAS in New York, 48 detected PFOA or PFOS (15.2%).

15.2%
of suppliers detected PFOA or PFOS
316
suppliers tested

What is PFAS?

PFAS — “forever chemicals” — are synthetic compounds that accumulate in the body and are linked to cancer, liver damage and immune effects. In 2024 the EPA set enforceable limits of 4 parts per trillion each for PFOA and PFOS. These are the only nationwide PFAS measurements, from the EPA’s UCMR-5 program.

Water suppliers

PFAS value per supplier, 2023–2025. EPA limit — 4 ppt (0.004 µg/L) for PFOA and PFOS, set in 2024. Suppliers that detected PFOA or PFOS are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SupplierCityPopulationPFAS (ug/L)
Yeshiva Farm Settlement New Castle 300 0.1060 µg/L
Garden City Park Wd New Hyde Park 18,000 0.0190 µg/L
Suffolk County Water Authority Babylon 1,100,000 0.0174 µg/L
Veolia Water New York Clarkstown 270,000 0.0140 µg/L
Corning City Corning 10,300 0.0122 µg/L
Albertson Wd North Hempstead 13,500 0.0120 µg/L
Monroe Village Monroe 12,000 0.0105 µg/L
Sidney Village Sidney 3,800 0.0104 µg/L
Wa of Western Nassau Hempstead 120,000 0.0100 µg/L
Nyack Village Water Supply Clarkstown 14,700 0.0098 µg/L
Arrow Park Inc. Cws Monroe 83 0.0096 µg/L
Brinkerhoff Water District Fishkill 3,788 0.0086 µg/L
Colonie Village Colonie 8,030 0.0083 µg/L
Westbury Wd North Hempstead 20,500 0.0076 µg/L
Harriman Village Harriman 5,000 0.0075 µg/L
Suffern Village Ramapo 12,000 0.0074 µg/L
Watertown City Watertown 27,861 0.0073 µg/L
Yorktown Consold. Water dist.#1 Yorktown 36,000 0.0069 µg/L
Heritage Hills Water System Somers 4,700 0.0066 µg/L
Veolia Water New York, Inc. rd-2 Port Chester 57,301 0.0065 µg/L
St James Water District Smithtown 10,587 0.0065 µg/L
Chenango Consolidated Wd #1 Chenango 9,200 0.0063 µg/L
Greenfield Water District Hyde Park 1,050 0.0057 µg/L
Roslyn Wd Roslyn 17,000 0.0056 µg/L
Williston Park Williston Park 7,287 0.0056 µg/L
Binghamton, City of Binghamton 47,600 0.0055 µg/L
Waverly Village Barton 4,830 0.0054 µg/L
Manhasset Lakeville Wd North Hempstead 43,000 0.0053 µg/L
Port Washington Wd North Hempstead 34,000 0.0053 µg/L
Riverhead Water District Riverhead 35,000 0.0052 µg/L
Liberty Utilities New York - Lynbrook Hempstead 220,000 0.0051 µg/L
Chester Village Chester 3,448 0.0051 µg/L
Scotia Village Water Works Scotia 12,800 0.0050 µg/L
North Point Creek Apartments Ltd. Catskill 35 0.0049 µg/L
Hempstead Hempstead 56,000 0.0047 µg/L
Glens Falls City Glens Falls 14,000 0.0047 µg/L
Kingston (City) Water District Kingston 24,000 0.0046 µg/L
Newburgh Consolidated Wd Newburgh 22,282 0.0046 µg/L
Monticello Village Monticello 8,000 0.0046 µg/L
Glen Cove City Glen Cove 28,000 0.0045 µg/L
Morningside Heights Wd / Erwin Erwin 4,570 0.0044 µg/L
Ossining Water Department Ossining 30,000 0.0043 µg/L
Garden City Garden City 23,272 0.0043 µg/L
Manchester Water District Lagrange 1,180 0.0043 µg/L
Glenville Wd #11 Glenville 15,000 0.0042 µg/L
Mineola Mineola 20,600 0.0041 µg/L
Bedford Consolidated W.D. Bedford 9,056 0.0041 µg/L
Voorheesville Village Voorheesville 3,100 0.0041 µg/L
New York City System New York 8,271,000 Not detected
Mcwa Batavia 525,262 Not detected
Ocwa Syracuse 350,000 Not detected
Ecwa Direct Amherst 313,380 Not detected
Buffalo Water Authority Buffalo 276,000 Not detected
Yonkers City Yonkers 211,569 Not detected
Rochester City Rochester 210,000 Not detected
Syracuse City Syracuse 192,000 Not detected
Veolia Water New York, Inc. rd-1 Ardsley 146,732 Not detected
Liberty Utilities New York - Merrick Hempstead 135,000 Not detected
Mvwa - Mohawk Valley Water Authority Deerfield 126,250 Not detected
Town of Hempstead Water Department Hempstead 110,000 Not detected
Albany City Albany 98,000 Not detected
Greenburgh Consolidated Wd #1 Greenburgh 86,624 Not detected
Latham Water District Colonie 85,590 Not detected
South Huntington Water District Huntington 81,760 Not detected
Mount Vernon Water Department Mount Vernon 73,893 Not detected
Tonawanda, Town Water Dept. Kenmore 72,571 Not detected
Schenectady City Water Works Schenectady 61,821 Not detected
Westchester Joint Water Works Mamaroneck 59,629 Not detected
White Plains City White Plains 59,559 Not detected
Jericho Wd Oyster Bay 58,000 Not detected
Elmira Water Board Elmira 54,000 Not detected
Kiryas Joel Kiryas Joel 51,623 Not detected
Troy City Pws Troy 51,401 Not detected
Niagara Falls Water Board Niagara Falls 50,193 Not detected
Hicksville Wd Oyster Bay 48,000 Not detected
Jamestown Bpu Jamestown 46,712 Not detected
Freeport Freeport 45,000 Not detected
Endicott Municipal Water Works Endicott 45,000 Not detected
South Farmingdale Wd Oyster Bay 44,700 Not detected
Poughkeepsie Townwide Wd Poughkeepsie 43,000 Not detected
Massapequa Wd Massapequa Park 43,000 Not detected
Greenlawn Water District Huntington 42,000 Not detected
Long Beach City Long Beach 35,000 Not detected
Clifton Park Water Authority Clifton Park 35,000 Not detected
Dix Hills Water District Huntington 34,522 Not detected
Fort Drum Leray 34,000 Not detected
West Hempstead Wd Hempstead 32,031 Not detected
Rome City Rome 31,795 Not detected
Cornell University Ithaca 31,581 Not detected
North Tonawanda City North Tonawanda 31,568 Not detected
Wa of Great Neck North Great Neck 31,400 Not detected
Bethlehem Wd No 1 Bethlehem 31,000 Not detected
Poughkeepsie City Poughkeepsie 30,639 Not detected
Middletown City Middletown 30,000 Not detected
Guilderland Town Wd Guilderland 30,000 Not detected
Ithaca City Ithaca 29,457 Not detected
Oswego City Oswego 29,400 Not detected
Newburgh City Newburgh 29,000 Not detected
Cortlandt Consolidated Wd Cortlandt 28,369 Not detected
Rotterdam Wd #5 Rotterdam 28,000 Not detected