Is Herkimer Village Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Herkimer

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.

174

health-based violations

618

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2026-01-01
TT	Health-based	Addressed	2025-11-02
TT	Health-based	Addressed	2025-11-02
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2025-10-01
TT	Health-based	Unaddressed	2025-10-01
TT	Health-based	Addressed	2025-07-01
TT	Health-based	Addressed	2025-07-01
TT	Health-based	Addressed	2025-07-01
TT	Health-based	Addressed	2025-04-01
TT	Health-based	Addressed	2025-04-01

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
TTHM	85.519 µg/L 107% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 118 µg/L	55/55	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	47.3 µg/L 79% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 57 µg/L	55/55	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	4013.5 µg/L 40% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 4800 µg/L	32/32	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0190 mg/L 127% above the EPA limit of 0.0150 mg/L	20/20	LCR	2020
Barium	90 µg/L 4.5% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 91 µg/L	11/11	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	8.7 µg/L 8.7% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 11 µg/L	11/11	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	2.78 µg/L 5.6% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 3.2 µg/L	8/11	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	13.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2012–2013
Chloroform	83 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 98 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2012–2013
Dibromochloromethane	6.24 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.3 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2012–2013
Trichloroacetic Acid	19.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2012–2013
Dichloroacetic Acid	20 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 22 µg/L	6/7	SYR4	2012–2013
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	6.192 pCi/L 124% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 6.79 pCi/L	3/6	SYR4	2012–2013
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.92 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2 µg/L	3/7	SYR4	2012–2013
Beryllium, Total	0.2275 µg/L 5.7% of the EPA limit 4 µg/L worst single sample: 0.2300 µg/L	2/11	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	0.5785 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.5800 µg/L	2/7	SYR4	2012–2013
Combined Uranium	0.3367 µg/L 1.1% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 0.3420 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2018
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	0.7300 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2013–2018
Monochloroacetic Acid	1 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/7	SYR4	2012–2013

82 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneFluorideHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: HERKIMER MAYOR AND VILLAGE BOARD
Phone: 315-866-3303
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Herkimer Village

Is Herkimer Village tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 19 contaminants in Herkimer 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 Herkimer Village's water?

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

How many people does Herkimer Village serve?

Herkimer Village reports serving 7,606 people in New York, per its EPA record.

Has Herkimer Village had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 618 violations on file for Herkimer Village, of which 174 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 60 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.