Is Horseheads Village Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water under surface influence
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Chemung

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

1,004

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-10-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-10-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-10-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-10-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2019-12-01 → 2019-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2019-12-01 → 2019-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2019-12-01 → 2019-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2019-12-01 → 2019-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2013-04-14
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2013-04-14

Other contaminants detected

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 this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Bromodichloromethane	8.103 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.7 µg/L	79/79	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	6.972 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11 µg/L	79/79	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	9.1345 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17.6 µg/L	78/79	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	25.892 µg/L 32% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 39 µg/L	78/78	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	8.5185 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 15 µg/L	72/78	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	1480.5 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1720 µg/L	70/70	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	3.965 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.7 µg/L	68/78	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.7 µg/L	64/78	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	2.44 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.2 µg/L	56/79	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	2.475 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3 µg/L	51/78	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	1199 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1710 µg/L	23/23	SYR4	2014–2019
Barium	164.5 µg/L 8.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 175 µg/L	15/15	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	727 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 790 µg/L	15/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0030 mg/L 20% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	11/11	LCR	2024
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.406 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.45 µg/L	9/78	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	1.35 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.4 µg/L	6/78	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	2.9 µg/L 2.9% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/15	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1 pCi/L 20% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/5	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Uranium	1.23 µg/L 4.1% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L	1/5	SYR4	2013–2019
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	0.5600 µg/L 9.3% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/23	SYR4	2012–2018

85 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: NAGLE, NATE
Phone: 607-739-5666
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Horseheads Village

Is Horseheads Village tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 20 contaminants in Horseheads Village's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Horseheads Village's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Dibromochloromethane, Chloroform, TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Horseheads Village serve?

Horseheads Village reports serving 15,000 people in New York, per its EPA record.

Has Horseheads Village had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 1004 violations on file for Horseheads Village, of which 17 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

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.