Is Peekskill City Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

149

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-10-01 → 2009-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-10-01 → 2009-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-10-01 → 2009-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-10-01 → 2009-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-10-01 → 2009-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-10-01 → 2009-12-31

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	16.25 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20 µg/L	116/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	56 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 82 µg/L	116/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.625 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.8 µg/L	116/116	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	75.5 µg/L 94% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 107 µg/L	116/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	31.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 39 µg/L	115/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	66.3 µg/L 111% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 70 µg/L	115/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	31.3 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 44 µg/L	115/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.845 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3 µg/L	32/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.07 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	27/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	25/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	0.5000 µg/L No EPA limit set	24/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	670 µg/L 6.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0020 mg/L 13% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2027
Barium	51.3 µg/L 2.6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 52 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	658 µg/L 6.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 670 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	2.6275 pCi/L 53% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 2.9 pCi/L	6/6	SYR4	2014–2018
Combined Uranium	3.7396 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 4.6 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2017–2018
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	15.52 pCi/L 103% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 18.7 pCi/L	5/5	SYR4	2017–2018
Gross Beta Particle Activity	16.152 pCi/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 18.6 pCi/L	4/4	SYR4	2014–2018
Arsenic	0.8950 µg/L 9% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 0.9000 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
2,4-D	0.0870 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L	1/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrite	10 µg/L 1% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019

83 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneFluorideHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ALEXANDER, MATTHEW
Phone: 914-734-4245
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Peekskill City

Is Peekskill City tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 22 contaminants in Peekskill City'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 Peekskill City's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, TTHM, Dichloroacetic Acid, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Peekskill City serve?

Peekskill City reports serving 24,272 people in New York, per its EPA record.

Has Peekskill City had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 149 violations on file for Peekskill City, of which 56 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.