New York Tap Water Quality (2026)

New York Tap Water Quality Report

884 cities analyzed • 18,087,055 people served

Updated September 2026 • Data from EWG & EPA SDWIS

884

Cities Analyzed

8.4

Avg Above Guidelines

18,087,055

Total Population Served

Best Water Quality

Ocean Beach (0 above guidelines)

Most Concerns

Armonk (21 above guidelines)

Most Common Contaminants in New York

Contaminant	Found In	% of Cities
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) carcinogen	747 of 884	85%
Barium	672 of 884	76%
Nitrate carcinogen	665 of 884	75%
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) carcinogen	664 of 884	75%
Bromodichloromethane carcinogen	604 of 884	68%
Chloroform carcinogen	603 of 884	68%
Dibromochloromethane carcinogen	575 of 884	65%
Dichloroacetic acid carcinogen	481 of 884	54%
Trichloroacetic acid carcinogen	403 of 884	46%
Bromoform carcinogen	354 of 884	40%

City-by-City Water Quality Rankings

Ranked by number of contaminants above EWG health guidelines (most to fewest).

#	City	Detected	Above Guidelines	Above Legal	People Served
1	Fort Drum	45	21	0	34,400
2	Port Washington	43	21	0	34,000
3	Perry	77	21	0	4,348
4	Armonk	36	21	2	2,525
5	Mount Kisco	46	20	0	9,620
6	Hillburn	65	20	1	950
7	Millbrook	29	20	2	350
8	West Nyack	65	19	1	270,950
9	Suffern	30	19	2	12,000
10	Hoosick Falls	38	19	2	4,925
11	North Salem	27	19	2	625
12	Morgantown	32	19	0	212
13	Ossining	27	18	0	30,000
14	Vestal	31	18	0	20,950
15	Nyack	29	18	2	14,700
16	Wappingers Falls	30	18	0	14,000
17	Bedford Hills	27	18	2	1,800
18	Somers	27	18	2	956
19	Lincolndale	29	18	0	500
20	Delmar	35	17	0	62,062
21	Peekskill	27	17	0	52,969
22	Batavia	28	17	0	21,970
23	Pleasantville	31	17	0	10,214
24	Hurley	26	17	0	2,483
25	Charlton	31	17	1	2,000
26	Slingerlands	35	17	0	450
27	Bethel	27	17	2	0
28	Schenectady	27	16	0	82,116
29	Chappaqua	29	16	0	28,501
30	Beacon	26	16	0	21,080
31	Westbury	38	16	0	20,500
32	Waterport	22	16	0	17,206
33	Fulton	33	16	0	16,600
34	Massena	27	16	0	15,387
35	Olean	24	16	0	14,889
36	Carle Place	44	16	2	9,005
37	Painted Post	27	16	0	3,039
38	Albion	22	16	0	2,800
39	Holley	28	16	0	2,375
40	Pawling	27	16	1	2,200
41	Hopewell Jctn	24	16	0	2,050
42	Katonah	29	16	2	400
43	Kent Lakes	22	16	2	360
44	Goldens Bridge	27	16	1	356
45	Mt. Kisco	26	16	3	300
46	Golden's Bridge	31	16	3	250
47	Syracuse	30	15	0	565,582
48	Latham	26	15	0	86,530
49	Johnson City	28	15	0	63,348
50	Niagara Falls	25	15	0	50,193
51	Clifton Park	38	15	0	39,710
52	Niskayuna	25	15	0	20,295
53	Clay	30	15	0	16,000
54	Horseheads	20	15	0	15,000
55	Hornell	26	15	0	9,592
56	South Fallsburg	26	15	0	8,650
57	South Glens Falls	23	15	2	3,700
58	Madison	20	15	0	3,450
59	Apalachin	20	15	0	3,196
60	Medina	26	15	0	2,943
61	Village Of Green Island	29	15	1	2,900
62	Phoenix	31	15	0	2,348
63	Romulus	25	15	0	2,192
64	Mcgraw	21	15	0	1,306
65	Fallsburg	27	15	0	800
66	Kiamesha Lake	17	15	0	695
67	Merrick	52	14	0	220,000
68	New Hyde Park	42	14	0	120,000
69	Tonawanda	25	14	0	78,423
70	Garden City	37	14	1	46,000
71	Endicott	24	14	0	45,000
72	Oswego	25	14	0	38,444
73	Plainview	42	14	0	35,000
74	Glen Cove	38	14	0	28,000
75	Brockport	27	14	0	22,200
76	Mineola	39	14	1	20,600
77	Cortland	17	14	0	20,095
78	Cohoes	24	14	0	18,450
79	Kenmore	26	14	0	15,423
80	Geneva	30	14	0	13,914
81	Roslyn Heights	35	14	2	13,500
82	Corning	30	14	0	10,332
83	Waterloo	24	14	0	9,767
84	Cape Vincent	20	14	0	4,870
85	Fort Edward	22	14	0	3,232
86	East Williston	25	14	0	2,556
87	Clarendon	28	14	0	2,482
88	Caledonia	27	14	0	2,290
89	Mahopac	22	14	1	1,600
90	6600 State Route 96	18	14	0	1,572
91	Ovid	20	14	0	990
92	Angelica	64	14	0	950
93	Round Lake	38	14	0	650
94	Cayuga	28	14	1	500
95	Alexandria Bay	21	14	0	500
96	Putnam Valley	24	14	2	400
97	Buchanan	17	14	2	290
98	Chatham	19	14	0	276
99	Long Island City	17	14	0	230
100	Croton Falls	19	14	2	103
101	Croton-on-hudson	23	14	0	0
102	Deruyter	24	14	0	0
103	Union Springs	28	14	1	0
104	Rochester	27	13	0	490,000
105	Elmira	22	13	0	65,631
106	Poughkeepsie	20	13	2	52,277
107	Saratoga Springs	29	13	0	35,900
108	Franklin Square	41	13	3	20,000
109	Grand Island	22	13	0	19,500
110	Garden City Park	43	13	0	18,000
111	Lewiston	19	13	0	16,257
112	Williamson	19	13	0	12,000
113	Ogdensburg	24	13	0	11,128
114	Ontario	25	13	0	10,136
115	Watervliet	21	13	0	9,889
116	Wynantskill	22	13	0	9,786
117	Hilton	28	13	0	5,856
118	Sodus	21	13	0	5,400
119	Hamilton	22	13	0	4,239
120	Maybrook	21	13	0	3,000
121	Gowanda	16	13	0	2,919
122	Alden	15	13	0	2,666
123	Morrisville	17	13	0	2,199
124	Lakewood	15	13	0	1,116
125	Heuvelton	22	13	0	830
126	Cassadaga	21	13	0	760
127	Wellsburg	22	13	0	631
128	Westmoreland	20	13	1	450
129	Gerry	16	13	0	430
130	East Chatham	15	13	0	110
131	Manhasset	16	13	0	100
132	Binghamton	25	12	0	74,879
133	Yorktown Heights	22	12	0	68,719
134	Hicksville	42	12	2	48,000
135	Ithaca	21	12	0	45,627
136	North Tonawanda	20	12	0	40,732
137	Auburn	20	12	0	30,938
138	Plattsburgh	21	12	0	24,908
139	Scarsdale	24	12	0	20,608
140	East Greenbush	21	12	0	10,200
141	Williston Park	24	12	0	10,072
142	Oyster Bay	26	12	0	8,700
143	Skaneateles	24	12	0	6,110
144	Rhinebeck	17	12	0	5,600
145	Saranac Lake	19	12	0	5,345
146	Waverly	18	12	0	4,830
147	Springville	20	12	0	4,266
148	Black River	15	12	0	4,240
149	Lansing	21	12	0	3,000
150	Stanley	14	12	0	2,957
151	Elbrige	24	12	0	2,919
152	Red Hook	16	12	0	2,730
153	Watkins Glen	16	12	0	2,448
154	Lagrangeville	19	12	0	2,412
155	Trumansburg	14	12	0	2,300
156	Greene	14	12	0	2,108
157	Randolph	16	12	0	1,955
158	Addison	14	12	0	1,850
159	Friendship	17	12	0	1,380
160	Nassau	23	12	0	1,250
161	Glenwood Landing	30	12	0	1,000
162	Copenhagen	15	12	0	850
163	Dryden	21	12	0	725
164	Fillmore	14	12	0	620
165	Pleasant Valley	17	12	2	500
166	Pittsford	17	12	1	450
167	Elbridge	19	12	2	450
168	South Salem	24	12	1	400
169	Brookyln	13	12	0	300
170	Conewango Valley	16	12	0	217
171	Fayetteville	18	12	0	100
172	Medford	16	12	0	75
173	Reading Center	16	12	0	68
174	Thomaston	32	12	0	40
175	Barrytown	16	12	0	0
176	Schuylerville	19	12	0	0
177	Van Etten	13	12	0	0
178	Flushing	22	11	0	8,958,659
179	Albany	19	11	0	132,082
180	Mamaroneck	22	11	0	120,419
181	Troy	20	11	0	117,581
182	Greenlawn	29	11	0	42,000
183	Canandaigua	19	11	0	34,652
184	Lockport	23	11	0	21,165
185	Kings Park	27	11	0	19,635
186	East Syracuse	19	11	0	19,172
187	Glens Falls	25	11	0	14,000
188	Seneca Falls	19	11	0	9,932
189	Rensselaer	22	11	0	9,300
190	Baldwinsville	19	11	0	9,200
191	Middleport	15	11	0	7,710
192	New Paltz	13	11	0	7,628
193	Youngstown	14	11	0	6,920
194	Irvington	18	11	0	6,631
195	Bath	15	11	0	6,298
196	Wilson	14	11	0	5,993
197	Sanborn	16	11	0	5,400
198	Mount Morris	21	11	0	4,891
199	Port Ewen	16	11	0	4,800
200	Gasport	14	11	0	4,117
201	Highland	14	11	0	4,000
202	Collins	19	11	0	3,948
203	Village Of Menands	21	11	0	3,900
204	Newfane	17	11	0	3,477
205	Sherrill	19	11	0	3,163
206	Lima	21	11	0	3,120
207	Stormville	13	11	0	2,800
208	Barker	15	11	0	2,723
209	Belmont	13	11	0	2,600
210	Durhamville	19	11	0	2,345
211	Canisteo	14	11	0	2,336
212	Mayville	18	11	1	2,000
213	Melrose	21	11	0	1,975
214	Holland	17	11	0	1,680
215	Sherburne	12	11	0	1,531
216	New Berlin	13	11	0	1,500
217	Burdett	15	11	0	1,340
218	Newark Valley	14	11	0	1,253
219	Wingdale	14	11	0	1,225
220	Vernon	19	11	0	1,155
221	Castleton	17	11	0	1,068
222	Whitney Point	15	11	0	1,054
223	Bloomingdale	19	11	1	995
224	Woodridge	18	11	0	902
225	Genoa	14	11	0	900
226	Afton	12	11	0	838
227	Henderson	20	11	0	700
228	South Dayton	13	11	0	661
229	Oneida	19	11	0	600
230	Perrysburg	14	11	0	584
231	Taberg	19	11	0	525
232	Morristown	17	11	0	501
233	Leicester	21	11	0	438
234	Argyle	18	11	0	225
235	Lyndonville	15	11	0	175
236	West Seneca	15	11	0	99
237	Woodstock	12	11	0	90
238	Spring Valley	15	11	0	90
239	Newcomb	18	11	0	0
240	Buffalo	23	10	0	532,221
241	Yonkers	22	10	0	196,086
242	New Rochelle	28	10	0	146,723
243	Utica	16	10	0	129,372
244	East Meadow	30	10	0	110,000
245	Mount Vernon	22	10	0	67,292
246	White Plains	21	10	0	59,353
247	Hempstead	22	10	0	56,000
248	Jamestown	19	10	0	46,712
249	Monroe	18	10	0	31,988
250	New Windsor	23	10	1	30,450
251	Watertown	20	10	0	29,406
252	Valhalla	26	10	0	17,917
253	Tarrytown	27	10	0	11,000
254	Fredonia	21	10	0	10,984
255	Penn Yan	13	10	0	10,572
256	Elma	24	10	0	10,287
257	Norwich	19	10	0	8,700
258	Locust Valley	31	10	0	7,500
259	Hudson	17	10	0	7,500
260	East Aurora	24	10	0	6,610
261	Alfred	13	10	0	6,500
262	Larchmont	22	10	0	6,485
263	Lake Katrine	18	10	0	6,190
264	Avon	16	10	0	5,295
265	Corinth	13	10	0	4,579
266	Homer	14	10	0	4,368
267	Warsaw	16	10	0	3,990
268	Milton	24	10	0	3,248
269	Branchport	14	10	0	3,244
270	Silver Creek	23	10	0	3,100
271	Orchard Park	23	10	0	3,100
272	Champlain	12	10	0	3,097
273	Kirkwood	11	10	0	3,090
274	Adams	13	10	0	3,000
275	Fort Plain	21	10	2	2,976
276	Whitehall	15	10	0	2,800
277	Mexico	13	10	0	2,600
278	Frewsburg	16	10	0	2,600
279	Monticello	15	10	0	2,400
280	Newfield	10	10	0	2,300
281	Cottekill	17	10	0	2,200
282	Greenport	27	10	0	2,050
283	Altamont	11	10	0	2,000
284	North Rose	12	10	0	1,971
285	Plandome	27	10	0	1,600
286	Willsboro	19	10	0	1,571
287	Norh Collins	15	10	0	1,496
288	Marathon	16	10	0	1,407
289	Naples	16	10	0	1,250
290	Cattaraugus	12	10	0	1,185
291	Waddington	13	10	0	944
292	Tully	11	10	0	930
293	Salem	13	10	0	915
294	Antwerp	15	10	0	900
295	Delevan	13	10	0	900
296	Pine Plains	13	10	0	880
297	Hammondsport	14	10	0	839
298	Lafargeville	13	10	0	750
299	Nelliston	21	10	2	726
300	Machias	11	10	0	700
301	Dresden	13	10	0	700
302	Chazy	13	10	0	690
303	Claryville	11	10	0	688
304	Interlaken	13	10	0	650
305	Clymer	11	10	0	650
306	Princetown	14	10	0	600
307	Yorkshire	16	10	0	550
308	Wyoming	18	10	0	490
309	Brant	23	10	0	465
310	Tillson	12	10	1	450
311	Deansboro	11	10	0	450
312	Clayville	13	10	0	445
313	Colden	23	10	0	445
314	Cherry Creek	11	10	0	440
315	Springwater	11	10	0	430
316	Deferiet	13	10	0	420
317	Farnham	23	10	0	404
318	Chaumont	14	10	0	400
319	Pike	12	10	0	375
320	Garrison	11	10	1	350
321	Guilford	19	10	0	350
322	Martinsburg	13	10	0	310
323	Millport	12	10	0	292
324	Skokie	11	10	0	245
325	Smyrna	16	10	0	211
326	Troupsburg	14	10	0	206
327	Clayton	20	10	0	195
328	Angola	23	10	0	160
329	Orwell	12	10	1	150
330	Ava	11	10	0	100
331	Eden	23	10	0	48
332	Smallwood	12	10	0	48
333	Bergen	13	10	0	40
334	Greenhurst	12	10	0	40
335	Glenmont	14	10	0	25
336	Rouses Point	15	10	0	0
337	Ellisburg	12	10	0	0
338	Beaver Falls	12	10	0	0
339	Cincinnatus	15	10	0	0
340	Savannah	15	10	0	0
341	Greenburgh	22	9	0	247,405
342	Centerport	31	9	0	81,760
343	Syosset	37	9	0	58,000
344	Burnt Hills	10	9	0	46,836
345	Rome	17	9	0	39,670
346	Lee Center	19	9	0	36,000
347	Guilderland	28	9	0	30,000
348	Cortlandt Manor	16	9	0	28,369
349	Walworth	13	9	0	26,023
350	Amsterdam	20	9	0	22,132
351	Halfmoon	15	9	0	14,599
352	Dunkirk	20	9	0	14,500
353	Central Valley	23	9	0	10,741
354	Saugerties	11	9	0	8,635
355	Canton	11	9	0	7,055
356	Malta	22	9	0	7,000
357	Cobleskill	14	9	0	6,283
358	Warwick	13	9	0	6,083
359	Owego	11	9	0	5,725
360	Wellsville	16	9	0	5,700
361	Elmsford	20	9	0	4,600
362	Lowville	11	9	0	4,350
363	Phelps	16	9	0	4,293
364	Liberty	14	9	0	3,920
365	Sidney	16	9	1	3,800
366	Akron	14	9	0	3,100
367	Geneseo	16	9	0	3,020
368	Clinton	14	9	0	3,000
369	York	16	9	0	2,700
370	Groton	11	9	0	2,470
371	Norfolk	12	9	0	2,300
372	Attica	12	9	0	2,000
373	Hannibal	11	9	0	2,000
374	Wayland	11	9	0	1,988
375	Oakfield	11	9	0	1,953
376	Bloomfield	14	9	0	1,814
377	Montour Falls	11	9	0	1,800
378	Greenwich	12	9	0	1,777
379	Dundee	11	9	0	1,725
380	Manchester	11	9	0	1,709
381	Sandy Creek	11	9	0	1,688
382	Patterson	18	9	0	1,501
383	Middleburgh	11	9	0	1,500
384	Gansevoort	12	9	0	1,362
385	Tivoli	14	9	0	1,303
386	Richmondville	15	9	0	1,300
387	Castile	11	9	0	1,185
388	Evans Mills	16	9	0	1,124
389	Amenia	11	9	0	1,001
390	N	11	9	0	1,001
391	West Winfield	18	9	0	978
392	Theresa	16	9	0	950
393	Copake	28	9	0	950
394	Canaseraga	13	9	0	900
395	Prattsburgh	12	9	0	850
396	Silver Springs	11	9	0	850
397	Sinclairville	16	9	1	772
398	Poestenkill	12	9	0	752
399	Nichols	12	9	0	725
400	Almond	10	9	0	670
401	Keene	9	9	0	660
402	Remsen	12	9	0	618
403	Unionville	12	9	1	615
404	Bedford	12	9	0	600
405	Earlville	11	9	0	545
406	Savona	10	9	0	524
407	Glen Park	15	9	0	500
408	Dekalb Junction	10	9	0	492
409	Whitesville	11	9	0	475
410	Essex	16	9	0	350
411	Harriman	13	9	0	325
412	Freehold	13	9	0	320
413	Lake Worth Beach	11	9	0	300
414	Georgetown	10	9	0	300
415	Jefferson	10	9	0	300
416	Campbell	11	9	0	280
417	Greenwood	11	9	0	260
418	Westerlo	17	9	0	220
419	Medusa	12	9	1	200
420	Rodman	10	9	0	180
421	Brasher Falls	11	9	0	180
422	Tuckahoe	10	9	0	170
423	Piercefield	12	9	0	164
424	Sterling	11	9	0	130
425	Honeoye Falls	12	9	0	125
426	New Smyrna Beach	14	9	2	120
427	Dewittville	12	9	0	108
428	West Park	13	9	0	95
429	Porter Corners	20	9	0	75
430	Knox	12	9	0	60
431	Shrub Oak	15	9	2	56
432	Franklin Lakes	13	9	0	36
433	Greenwood Lake	17	9	1	0
434	Adams Center	13	9	0	0
435	Alexander	13	9	0	0
436	Minerva	10	9	0	0
437	Long Lake	12	9	0	0
438	Indian Lake	16	9	0	0
439	Bolton Landing	14	9	0	0
440	Camden	11	9	0	0
441	Bridgewater	10	9	0	0
442	Canaan	10	9	0	0
443	Beaver Dams	13	9	0	0
444	Aurora	14	9	0	0
445	Hauppauge	25	8	0	1,100,000
446	Riverhead	24	8	0	35,000
447	Huntington	26	8	0	34,522
448	Bethpage	32	8	0	33,000
449	Kingston	16	8	0	32,310
450	Shortsville	14	8	0	20,762
451	Roslyn	28	8	0	18,000
452	Malone	16	8	0	13,232
453	Fishkill	17	8	0	11,337
454	Sleepy Hollow	15	8	0	9,870
455	Cornwall-on-hudson	19	8	0	9,500
456	Gorham	15	8	0	8,816
457	Herkimer	19	8	0	8,760
458	Wolcott	12	8	0	6,892
459	Tupper Lake	12	8	1	5,500
460	Pulaski	11	8	0	5,434
461	Lyons	10	8	0	4,920
462	Gouverneur	14	8	0	4,593
463	Ravena	16	8	0	4,500
464	Ellenville	11	8	0	4,323
465	Warrensburg	12	8	0	4,100
466	Port Crane	11	8	0	3,885
467	Delhi	15	8	0	3,833
468	Bear Mountain	17	8	0	3,564
469	Napanoch	12	8	0	3,000
470	Rushville	14	8	0	2,801
471	Schroon Lake	8	8	0	2,750
472	Philadelphia	16	8	0	2,750
473	Granville	10	8	0	2,640
474	Stillwater	16	8	0	2,372
475	Clyde	10	8	0	2,269
476	Wallkill	10	8	0	2,000
477	Caneadea	23	8	0	2,000
478	Rotterdam	17	8	0	1,955
479	Brownville	15	8	0	1,850
480	Oxford	9	8	0	1,738
481	West Carthage	15	8	1	1,734
482	Croghan	10	8	0	1,682
483	Brewster	12	8	0	1,500
484	Ripley	11	8	0	1,300
485	Ellicottville	11	8	0	1,220
486	Portville	10	8	0	1,040
487	Hermon	9	8	0	984
488	Schaghticoke	15	8	0	949
489	Schoharie	10	8	0	922
490	Sherman	10	8	0	917
491	Farmington Hills	16	8	0	900
492	Arkport	10	8	0	864
493	New Hampton	10	8	0	850
494	Belfast	8	8	0	850
495	Mayfield	16	8	0	817
496	Elba	11	8	0	706
497	Oriskany Falls	10	8	0	682
498	Willard	9	8	0	563
499	Hopewell Junction	11	8	0	560
500	Fort Ann	13	8	0	530
501	Atlanta	9	8	0	485
502	Shandaken	9	8	0	477
503	Edwards	10	8	0	465
504	Modena	12	8	0	452
505	Mannsville	11	8	0	450
506	Lewis	8	8	0	428
507	Barneveld	9	8	0	400
508	Pittsfield	11	8	0	355
509	Hague	16	8	0	350
510	Great Valley	11	8	0	320
511	Esopus	11	8	0	240
512	Stony Point	16	8	2	225
513	Mellenville	15	8	0	200
514	Sayre	10	8	0	200
515	Palmyra	9	8	0	190
516	Wacabuc	19	8	0	156
517	Dexter	9	8	0	140
518	Stow	9	8	0	100
519	Newport	10	8	0	100
520	Verbank	9	8	0	100
521	East Concord	10	8	0	75
522	Huntersville	10	8	0	74
523	Bainbridge	10	8	0	72
524	Hannawa Falls	11	8	0	70
525	Gilboa	9	8	0	54
526	East Long Meadow	10	8	0	54
527	Pavilion	9	8	1	50
528	Fort Covington	12	8	0	0
529	Briarcliff Manor	19	8	0	0
530	North Creek	8	8	0	0
531	Boonville	11	8	0	0
532	Forestport	11	8	0	0
533	Constableville	10	8	0	0
534	Cleveland	10	8	0	0
535	Great Neck	27	7	0	44,600
536	Queensbury	15	7	0	39,799
537	Long Beach	21	7	0	35,000
538	West Hempstead	26	7	0	33,531
539	Waterford	9	7	0	24,800
540	Rockville Centre	23	7	0	24,700
541	Chautauqua	9	7	0	10,000
542	Hudson Falls	15	7	0	8,800
543	Lakeville	9	7	0	7,375
544	Washingtonville	13	7	0	7,200
545	Walden	16	7	0	7,007
546	Mechanicville	13	7	0	5,722
547	Goshen	14	7	0	5,600
548	Carthage	14	7	1	5,574
549	Lake Placid	13	7	0	5,000
550	Allegany	12	7	0	4,176
551	Westfield	15	7	0	3,890
552	Keeseville	12	7	0	3,100
553	Port Henry	15	7	0	3,100
554	Mohawk	9	7	0	2,985
555	Sonyea	8	7	0	2,750
556	Conklin	7	7	0	2,654
557	Victor	8	7	0	2,443
558	Ray Brook	10	7	0	2,400
559	Weedsport	8	7	0	2,300
560	Otisville	8	7	0	1,982
561	Lake George	9	7	0	1,824
562	Cuba	12	7	0	1,800
563	Bolivar	13	7	0	1,640
564	Cold Spring	9	7	1	1,509
565	Ausable Forks	8	7	0	1,494
566	Port Byron	9	7	0	1,424
567	Jordan	7	7	0	1,400
568	Livingston Manor	8	7	0	1,200
569	Clifton Springs	8	7	1	1,190
570	Paul Smiths	9	7	0	1,100
571	Hemlock	8	7	0	1,067
572	Windsor	10	7	0	1,051
573	Cohocton	9	7	0	854
574	Lyons Falls	7	7	0	850
575	Port Leyden	7	7	0	820
576	Odessa	10	7	0	810
577	Fort Lauderdale	12	7	0	800
578	Rock City Falls	12	7	0	800
579	Madrid	9	7	0	800
580	Woodbury	9	7	0	730
581	Montezuma	8	7	0	490
582	Pulteney	8	7	0	490
583	Parishville	8	7	0	450
584	Youngsville	8	7	0	400
585	North Bangor	9	7	0	375
586	Strykersville	10	7	0	350
587	Turin	8	7	0	350
588	Edison	8	7	0	342
589	Castorland	10	7	0	320
590	Petersburgh	13	7	1	240
591	Orlando	11	7	0	211
592	Selkirk	8	7	0	200
593	Costa Mesa	9	7	1	200
594	Wanakena	11	7	0	200
595	Averill Park	14	7	0	180
596	Chateaugay	8	7	0	160
597	Wellington	18	7	0	147
598	Bemus Point	14	7	0	120
599	Brainardsville	8	7	0	115
600	Candor	8	7	0	100
601	E Setauket	10	7	0	89
602	Pine Valley	10	7	0	82
603	Bellmore	8	7	0	65
604	West Haverstraw	14	7	0	55
605	Liverpool	9	7	0	50
606	Brooktondale	8	7	0	50
607	Boulder	10	7	0	25
608	Otto	8	7	0	24
609	Florida	13	7	1	0
610	Hilton Head Isl.	10	7	0	0
611	Burke	9	7	0	0
612	Hortonville	10	7	0	0
613	Moreau	12	7	0	0
614	Wells	8	7	0	0
615	Freeport	20	6	0	45,000
616	Farmingdale	24	6	0	44,700
617	Oneonta	12	6	0	15,779
618	Scotia	16	6	0	12,800
619	Potsdam	9	6	0	9,425
620	Pine Bush	9	6	0	7,000
621	Dannemora	8	6	0	6,303
622	Frankfort	18	6	0	4,016
623	Ticonderoga	18	6	0	3,700
624	Voorheesville	18	6	0	3,100
625	Walton	9	6	0	3,088
626	Peru	10	6	0	2,700
627	Deposit	7	6	0	2,080
628	Old Forge	9	6	0	1,959
629	Moravia	10	6	0	1,950
630	Franklinville	8	6	0	1,860
631	Philmont	7	6	0	1,750
632	Norwood	10	6	0	1,685
633	Callicoon	8	6	0	1,150
634	Andover	9	6	0	1,130
635	Hunter	12	6	0	1,030
636	Crown Point	8	6	0	980
637	Wilmington	6	6	0	980
638	Star Lake	9	6	0	927
639	Westport	6	6	0	927
640	Woodbourne	7	6	0	900
641	Fultonville	9	6	0	740
642	Fleischmanns	9	6	1	690
643	Locke	7	6	0	600
644	Brooklyn	11	6	0	600
645	Sharon Springs	9	6	0	558
646	Lisbon	9	6	0	500
647	West Valley	9	6	0	410
648	Rifton	7	6	0	340
649	Crofton	12	6	0	170
650	Holmes	10	6	0	160
651	Killington	13	6	2	150
652	Brookfield	7	6	0	125
653	Dobbs Ferry	6	6	0	125
654	Parish	7	6	0	95
655	Wappinger Falls	7	6	0	81
656	Mount Freedom	13	6	0	80
657	Camillus	12	6	0	80
658	Shelburne	10	6	0	54
659	Parksville	9	6	0	36
660	Germantown	10	6	0	35
661	Darien	11	6	0	34
662	Ashville	12	6	0	32
663	Rensselaer Falls	9	6	0	30
664	Ellenburg Center	11	6	0	22
665	Newburgh	11	5	0	28,000
666	Little Falls	7	5	0	5,800
667	Montgomery	13	5	0	3,870
668	Cazenovia	8	5	0	3,635
669	Blooming Grove	9	5	0	3,000
670	Lake Luzerne	6	5	0	2,500
671	Cooperstown	8	5	0	2,400
672	Canajoharie	10	5	0	2,300
673	Valatie	11	5	2	2,000
674	Chester	6	5	0	1,556
675	Kinderhook	9	5	0	1,385
676	Kerhonkson	7	5	0	960
677	Jay	8	5	0	900
678	Windham	9	5	0	856
679	Cato	7	5	0	801
680	Altona	8	5	0	800
681	Cairo	7	5	0	733
682	Worcester	10	5	0	656
683	Morris	8	5	0	652
684	Margaretville	9	5	0	600
685	Schenevus	6	5	0	524
686	Downsville	7	5	0	500
687	Hartwick	8	5	0	416
688	Van Hornesville	11	5	0	372
689	Campbell Hall	9	5	0	326
690	Vernon Center	7	5	0	320
691	Carmel	11	5	0	300
692	Chestertown	12	5	0	300
693	Castle Rock	11	5	1	250
694	Spencer	6	5	0	180
695	Pennellville	9	5	0	120
696	Windelm	6	5	0	100
697	Preble	6	5	0	60
698	Salisbury Mills	6	5	0	50
699	Bradford	10	5	0	37
700	Alpine	5	5	0	34
701	East Hampton	10	5	1	34
702	Eaton	8	5	0	30
703	Castleton-on-hudson	9	5	0	25
704	Eagle Bay	6	5	0	0
705	Speculator	7	5	0	0
706	Middletown	10	4	0	30,850
707	Gloversville	14	4	0	18,625
708	Hampton Bays	10	4	0	12,500
709	Dolgeville	9	4	0	2,166
710	Millerton	11	4	0	2,000
711	Hancock	5	4	0	1,182
712	Orangeburg	10	4	0	1,144
713	Unadilla	8	4	0	1,128
714	Tuxedo Park	11	4	0	1,100
715	Fonda	7	4	0	1,080
716	Hadley	5	4	0	997
717	St. Regis Falls	7	4	0	980
718	Edmeston	5	4	0	890
719	Colton	6	4	0	850
720	Slate Hill	10	4	0	850
721	Hobart	8	4	0	700
722	Dover Plains	6	4	0	700
723	Harris	7	4	0	600
724	Cambridge	8	4	0	600
725	Mongaup Valley	5	4	0	600
726	Ocean Pines	7	4	0	500
727	Tannersville	8	4	0	496
728	Franklin	7	4	0	481
729	Hyde Park	7	4	0	450
730	Milford	6	4	0	407
731	Jeffersonville	5	4	0	359
732	Andes	8	4	0	260
733	Plattekill	8	4	0	250
734	Lafayette	6	4	0	240
735	West Chazy	9	4	0	225
736	West Oneonta	7	4	0	200
737	Redhook	4	4	0	179
738	Westtown	5	4	0	154
739	Port Jefferson	10	4	0	150
740	Bovina Center	5	4	0	142
741	Rock Tavern	6	4	0	121
742	Rosendale	9	4	0	115
743	Livingston	7	4	0	114
744	New City	9	4	0	92
745	Greenfield Center	7	4	0	75
746	Fort Johnson	6	4	0	60
747	Duanesburg	6	4	0	50
748	Oriskany	7	4	0	49
749	Morrisonville	10	4	2	43
750	Narrowsburg	5	4	0	40
751	Panama	9	4	0	32
752	Glen Aubrey	5	4	0	32
753	Newark	6	4	0	32
754	Adirondack	7	4	0	0
755	Berlin	7	4	1	0
756	Davenport Center	6	4	0	0
757	Massapequa	22	3	0	43,000
758	Ilion	12	3	0	9,022
759	Port Jervis	5	3	0	9,000
760	Catskill	13	3	0	8,105
761	Fort Montgomery	8	3	0	8,000
762	Bayville	10	3	0	6,700
763	Bohemia	16	3	0	4,700
764	Upton	5	3	0	3,500
765	Coxsackie	6	3	0	2,000
766	Athens	8	3	0	1,700
767	St. Johnsville	4	3	0	1,700
768	Little Valley	5	3	0	1,338
769	Wurtsboro	8	3	0	1,265
770	Northville	3	3	0	1,180
771	Greenville	8	3	0	1,100
772	Roxbury	6	3	0	1,080
773	Otego	5	3	0	1,010
774	Palatine Bridge	7	3	0	890
775	Ellenburg Depot	6	3	0	750
776	Ballston Spa	6	3	0	650
777	Cherry Valley	5	3	0	620
778	Middleville	5	3	0	512
779	Laurens	3	3	0	381
780	Prattsville	8	3	0	375
781	Arcade	4	3	0	336
782	North Java	5	3	0	270
783	Big Flats	7	3	0	266
784	Elka Park	8	3	0	250
785	Highland Mills	5	3	0	240
786	Poughquag	5	3	0	235
787	Bloomville	5	3	0	220
788	New Hartford	10	3	0	210
789	Hamden	5	3	0	175
790	Yorktown	5	3	0	150
791	West Hurley	5	3	0	135
792	Silvercreek	5	3	0	100
793	Ashland	4	3	0	90
794	Valley Cottage	5	3	0	86
795	Sauquoit	6	3	0	77
796	Greenfield Park	5	3	0	60
797	New Lebanon	4	3	0	56
798	Berkshire	4	3	0	55
799	Ancramdale	5	3	0	49
800	Midland Park	7	3	0	25
801	Bloomingburg	5	3	0	0
802	Johnstown	9	2	0	10,851
803	Highland Falls	7	2	0	6,400
804	Northport	2	2	0	2,300
805	Waterville	3	2	0	1,742
806	Broadalbin	5	2	0	1,457
807	Richfield Springs	5	2	0	1,200
808	Elizabethtown	2	2	0	800
809	Saranac	3	2	0	500
810	Shelter Island Heights	3	2	0	463
811	Limestone	3	2	0	459
812	Cornwall	2	2	0	450
813	Hensonville	5	2	0	402
814	Ulster Park	5	2	0	380
815	North Chili	4	2	0	375
816	Sloatsburg	4	2	0	312
817	South Otselic	3	2	0	300
818	New York	4	2	0	300
819	Pomona	6	2	0	240
820	Advance	3	2	0	225
821	Chaffee	3	2	0	200
822	Fremont Center	3	2	0	150
823	Monsey	8	2	0	150
824	Delanson	4	2	0	150
825	South Cairo	5	2	0	145
826	Maryland	3	2	0	140
827	Westernville	2	2	0	120
828	Standish	5	2	0	110
829	Moira	7	2	0	100
830	Wells Bridge	4	2	0	85
831	West Lebanon	4	2	0	69
832	Hannacroix	6	2	0	63
833	Olympia	5	2	0	63
834	Carmel (t)	4	2	0	60
835	Godeffroy	4	2	0	47
836	Ho-ho-kus	5	2	0	40
837	Stephentown	5	2	0	40
838	Stroudsburg	6	2	0	36
839	Vista	4	2	0	35
840	Carlisle	5	2	0	35
841	Hopewell Jct	6	2	0	30
842	Middle Grove	9	2	0	20
843	Bliss	3	2	0	0
844	Barryville	3	2	0	0
845	Victory Mills	4	1	0	950
846	Gilbertsville	3	1	0	477
847	Oak Brook	4	1	0	400
848	Hinsdale	3	1	0	350
849	Jackson	4	1	0	312
850	Freeville	3	1	0	253
851	West Coxsackie	4	1	0	251
852	Stamford	2	1	0	200
853	Treadwell	4	1	0	164
854	Fishs Eddy	1	1	0	150
855	Forest Hills	2	1	0	143
856	Berne	2	1	0	110
857	Fairfield	2	1	0	96
858	Bowmansville	2	1	0	80
859	Briarclif Manor	7	1	0	63
860	Torrington	2	1	0	62
861	Fairport	2	1	0	55
862	Falls Village	1	1	0	49
863	Somerville	2	1	0	48
864	Stockton	1	1	1	40
865	Dansville	3	1	0	39
866	Ocean Beach	2	0	0	4,500
867	Bayshore	3	0	0	2,000
868	Seaview	2	0	0	1,400
869	Calverton	3	0	0	897
870	Nedrow	0	0	0	450
871	West Gilgo Beach	2	0	0	300
872	Fishers Island	0	0	0	300
873	Cuddebackville	2	0	0	180
874	Poland	0	0	0	180
875	Castle Creek	3	0	0	122
876	Shelter Island	0	0	0	100
877	Lindenhurst	0	0	0	66
878	Tompkins Cove	2	0	0	52
879	East Brunswick	1	0	0	50
880	Twp. Of Washington	2	0	0	42
881	Saddle River	2	0	0	41
882	West Islip	2	0	0	40
883	Wales	1	0	0	35
884	Eureka	2	0	0	30

Recommended Filtration for New York

Based on the most common contaminants found across New York (Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Barium, Nitrate), we recommend a reverse osmosis system or high-quality carbon block filter to remove disinfection byproducts and their precursors.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is New York tap water safe to drink?

Water quality varies significantly across New York. Of the 884 cities analyzed, the average city has 8.4 contaminants above EWG health guidelines. The best water quality was found in Ocean Beach. We recommend checking your specific city's report for detailed information.

What city has the best water in New York?

Based on our analysis, Ocean Beach has the fewest contaminants above EWG health guidelines in New York, with 0 above guideline levels.

What city has the worst water in New York?

Based on our analysis, Armonk has the most contaminants above EWG health guidelines in New York, with 21 above guideline levels.

What's the best water filter for New York residents?

For most New York households, we recommend a reverse osmosis (RO) system for drinking water and a whole-home filter for showers and baths. The specific recommendation depends on your city's contaminant profile — check your city's report for personalized guidance.

National Water Quality Reports

Data sources: Environmental Working Group (EWG) Tap Water Database, U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS)

Last updated: September 2026

Methodology: Contaminant levels are compared against both EPA legal limits (Maximum Contaminant Levels) and EWG health guidelines, which are often stricter and based on the latest scientific research.

New York Water Quality Report (2026)