Is Burnt Hills-Ballston Lk Wd Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Saratoga

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

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-07-01 → 2013-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-07-01 → 2013-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-07-01 → 2013-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-07-01 → 2013-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-07-01 → 2013-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-07-01 → 2013-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-07-01 → 2013-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-07-01 → 2013-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-07-01 → 2013-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-07-01 → 2013-09-30

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	7.528 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.6 µg/L	55/55	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	91.6 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 180 µg/L	55/55	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	98.2 µg/L 123% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 183 µg/L	55/55	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	57.53 µg/L 96% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 112 µg/L	55/55	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	20.61 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 51 µg/L	54/55	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	39 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 61 µg/L	48/55	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	7.46 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.4 µg/L	33/55	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	2.68 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.7 µg/L	23/55	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	3.38 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.1 µg/L	17/55	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0035 mg/L 23% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	13/13	LCR	2023
Monobromoacetic Acid	26.88 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 28.2 µg/L	5/55	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	290 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2013
Lead	34 µg/L 227% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2013

31 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: TOWN BOARD, BALLSTON

Frequently asked questions about Burnt Hills-Ballston Lk Wd

Is Burnt Hills-Ballston Lk Wd tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 13 contaminants in Burnt Hills-Ballston Lk Wd'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 Burnt Hills-Ballston Lk Wd's water?

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

How many people does Burnt Hills-Ballston Lk Wd serve?

Burnt Hills-Ballston Lk Wd reports serving 10,000 people in New York, per its EPA record.

Has Burnt Hills-Ballston Lk Wd had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 60 violations on file for Burnt Hills-Ballston Lk Wd, of which 26 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.