New York Tap Water Quality Report

884 cities analyzed • 18,087,055 people served

Updated March 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	746 of 884	84%
Barium	671 of 884	76%
Nitrate carcinogen	664 of 884	75%
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) carcinogen	663 of 884	75%
Bromodichloromethane carcinogen	604 of 884	68%
Chloroform carcinogen	603 of 884	68%
Dibromochloromethane carcinogen	575 of 884	65%
Dichloroacetic acid carcinogen	482 of 884	55%
Trichloroacetic acid carcinogen	405 of 884	46%
Bromoform carcinogen	352 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	Alexandria Bay	21	14	0	500
95	Cayuga	28	14	1	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	Union Springs	28	14	1	0
102	Croton-on-hudson	23	14	0	0
103	Deruyter	24	14	0	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	Gerry	16	13	0	430
129	East Chatham	15	13	0	110
130	Manhasset	16	13	0	100
131	Indian Lake	20	13	0	0
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	Schuylerville	19	12	0	0
176	Barrytown	16	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	Orchard Park	23	10	0	3,100
271	Silver Creek	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	Frewsburg	16	10	0	2,600
278	Mexico	13	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	Delevan	13	10	0	900
295	Antwerp	15	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	Westmoreland	17	10	0	450
311	Tillson	12	10	1	450
312	Deansboro	11	10	0	450
313	Colden	23	10	0	445
314	Clayville	13	10	0	445
315	Cherry Creek	11	10	0	440
316	Springwater	11	10	0	430
317	Deferiet	13	10	0	420
318	Farnham	23	10	0	404
319	Chaumont	14	10	0	400
320	Pike	12	10	0	375
321	Guilford	19	10	0	350
322	Garrison	11	10	1	350
323	Martinsburg	13	10	0	310
324	Carmel	18	10	2	300
325	Millport	12	10	0	292
326	Skokie	11	10	0	245
327	Smyrna	16	10	0	211
328	Troupsburg	14	10	0	206
329	Clayton	20	10	0	195
330	Angola	23	10	0	160
331	Orwell	12	10	1	150
332	Ava	11	10	0	100
333	Eden	23	10	0	48
334	Smallwood	12	10	0	48
335	Greenhurst	12	10	0	40
336	Bergen	13	10	0	40
337	Glenmont	14	10	0	25
338	Cincinnatus	15	10	0	0
339	Rouses Point	15	10	0	0
340	Ellisburg	12	10	0	0
341	Savannah	15	10	0	0
342	Beaver Falls	12	10	0	0
343	Greenburgh	22	9	0	247,405
344	Centerport	31	9	0	81,760
345	Syosset	37	9	0	58,000
346	Burnt Hills	10	9	0	46,836
347	Rome	17	9	0	39,670
348	Lee Center	19	9	0	36,000
349	Guilderland	28	9	0	30,000
350	Cortlandt Manor	16	9	0	28,369
351	Walworth	13	9	0	26,023
352	Amsterdam	20	9	0	22,132
353	Halfmoon	15	9	0	14,599
354	Dunkirk	20	9	0	14,500
355	Central Valley	23	9	0	10,741
356	Saugerties	11	9	0	8,635
357	Canton	11	9	0	7,055
358	Malta	22	9	0	7,000
359	Cobleskill	14	9	0	6,283
360	Warwick	13	9	0	6,083
361	Owego	11	9	0	5,725
362	Wellsville	16	9	0	5,700
363	Elmsford	20	9	0	4,600
364	Lowville	11	9	0	4,350
365	Phelps	16	9	0	4,293
366	Liberty	14	9	0	3,920
367	Sidney	16	9	1	3,800
368	Akron	14	9	0	3,100
369	Geneseo	16	9	0	3,020
370	Clinton	14	9	0	3,000
371	York	16	9	0	2,700
372	Groton	11	9	0	2,470
373	Norfolk	12	9	0	2,300
374	Hannibal	11	9	0	2,000
375	Attica	12	9	0	2,000
376	Wayland	11	9	0	1,988
377	Oakfield	11	9	0	1,953
378	Bloomfield	14	9	0	1,814
379	Montour Falls	11	9	0	1,800
380	Greenwich	12	9	0	1,777
381	Dundee	11	9	0	1,725
382	Manchester	11	9	0	1,709
383	Sandy Creek	11	9	0	1,688
384	Patterson	18	9	0	1,501
385	Middleburgh	11	9	0	1,500
386	Gansevoort	12	9	0	1,362
387	Tivoli	14	9	0	1,303
388	Richmondville	15	9	0	1,300
389	Castile	11	9	0	1,185
390	Evans Mills	16	9	0	1,124
391	N	11	9	0	1,001
392	Amenia	11	9	0	1,001
393	West Winfield	18	9	0	978
394	Theresa	16	9	0	950
395	Copake	28	9	0	950
396	Canaseraga	13	9	0	900
397	Prattsburgh	12	9	0	850
398	Silver Springs	11	9	0	850
399	Sinclairville	16	9	1	772
400	Poestenkill	12	9	0	752
401	Nichols	12	9	0	725
402	Almond	10	9	0	670
403	Keene	9	9	0	660
404	Remsen	12	9	0	618
405	Unionville	12	9	1	615
406	Bedford	12	9	0	600
407	Earlville	11	9	0	545
408	Savona	10	9	0	524
409	Glen Park	15	9	0	500
410	Dekalb Junction	10	9	0	492
411	Whitesville	11	9	0	475
412	Essex	16	9	0	350
413	Harriman	13	9	0	325
414	Freehold	13	9	0	320
415	Jefferson	10	9	0	300
416	Lake Worth Beach	11	9	0	300
417	Georgetown	10	9	0	300
418	Campbell	11	9	0	280
419	Greenwood	11	9	0	260
420	Westerlo	17	9	0	220
421	Medusa	12	9	1	200
422	Brasher Falls	11	9	0	180
423	Rodman	10	9	0	180
424	Tuckahoe	10	9	0	170
425	Piercefield	12	9	0	164
426	Sterling	11	9	0	130
427	Honeoye Falls	12	9	0	125
428	New Smyrna Beach	14	9	2	120
429	Dewittville	12	9	0	108
430	West Park	13	9	0	95
431	Porter Corners	20	9	0	75
432	Knox	12	9	0	60
433	Shrub Oak	15	9	2	56
434	Franklin Lakes	13	9	0	36
435	Long Lake	12	9	0	0
436	Adams Center	13	9	0	0
437	Alexander	13	9	0	0
438	Aurora	14	9	0	0
439	Greenwood Lake	17	9	1	0
440	Minerva	10	9	0	0
441	Bolton Landing	14	9	0	0
442	Bridgewater	10	9	0	0
443	Beaver Dams	13	9	0	0
444	Camden	11	9	0	0
445	Canaan	10	9	0	0
446	Hauppauge	25	8	0	1,100,000
447	Riverhead	24	8	0	35,000
448	Huntington	26	8	0	34,522
449	Bethpage	32	8	0	33,000
450	Kingston	16	8	0	32,310
451	Shortsville	14	8	0	20,762
452	Roslyn	28	8	0	18,000
453	Malone	16	8	0	13,232
454	Fishkill	17	8	0	11,337
455	Sleepy Hollow	15	8	0	9,870
456	Cornwall-on-hudson	19	8	0	9,500
457	Gorham	15	8	0	8,816
458	Herkimer	19	8	0	8,760
459	Wolcott	12	8	0	6,892
460	Tupper Lake	12	8	1	5,500
461	Pulaski	11	8	0	5,434
462	Lyons	10	8	0	4,920
463	Gouverneur	14	8	0	4,593
464	Ravena	16	8	0	4,500
465	Ellenville	11	8	0	4,323
466	Warrensburg	12	8	0	4,100
467	Port Crane	11	8	0	3,885
468	Delhi	15	8	0	3,833
469	Bear Mountain	17	8	0	3,564
470	Napanoch	12	8	0	3,000
471	Rushville	14	8	0	2,801
472	Philadelphia	16	8	0	2,750
473	Schroon Lake	8	8	0	2,750
474	Granville	10	8	0	2,640
475	Stillwater	16	8	0	2,372
476	Clyde	10	8	0	2,269
477	Caneadea	23	8	0	2,000
478	Wallkill	10	8	0	2,000
479	Rotterdam	17	8	0	1,955
480	Brownville	15	8	0	1,850
481	Oxford	9	8	0	1,738
482	West Carthage	15	8	1	1,734
483	Croghan	10	8	0	1,682
484	Brewster	12	8	0	1,500
485	Ripley	11	8	0	1,300
486	Ellicottville	11	8	0	1,220
487	Portville	10	8	0	1,040
488	Hermon	9	8	0	984
489	Schaghticoke	15	8	0	949
490	Schoharie	10	8	0	922
491	Sherman	10	8	0	917
492	Farmington Hills	16	8	0	900
493	Arkport	10	8	0	864
494	Belfast	8	8	0	850
495	New Hampton	10	8	0	850
496	Mayfield	16	8	0	817
497	Elba	11	8	0	706
498	Oriskany Falls	10	8	0	682
499	Willard	9	8	0	563
500	Hopewell Junction	11	8	0	560
501	Fort Ann	13	8	0	530
502	Atlanta	9	8	0	485
503	Shandaken	9	8	0	477
504	Edwards	10	8	0	465
505	Modena	12	8	0	452
506	Mannsville	11	8	0	450
507	Lewis	8	8	0	428
508	Barneveld	9	8	0	400
509	Pittsfield	11	8	0	355
510	Hague	16	8	0	350
511	Great Valley	11	8	0	320
512	Esopus	11	8	0	240
513	Stony Point	16	8	2	225
514	Mellenville	15	8	0	200
515	Sayre	10	8	0	200
516	Palmyra	9	8	0	190
517	Wacabuc	19	8	0	156
518	Dexter	9	8	0	140
519	Newport	10	8	0	100
520	Verbank	9	8	0	100
521	Stow	9	8	0	100
522	East Concord	10	8	0	75
523	Huntersville	10	8	0	74
524	Bainbridge	10	8	0	72
525	Hannawa Falls	11	8	0	70
526	Gilboa	9	8	0	54
527	East Long Meadow	10	8	0	54
528	Pavilion	9	8	1	50
529	Fort Covington	12	8	0	0
530	Cleveland	10	8	0	0
531	North Creek	8	8	0	0
532	Briarcliff Manor	19	8	0	0
533	Boonville	11	8	0	0
534	Constableville	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	Port Henry	15	7	0	3,100
553	Keeseville	12	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	Rock City Falls	12	7	0	800
578	Fort Lauderdale	12	7	0	800
579	Madrid	9	7	0	800
580	Woodbury	9	7	0	730
581	Pulteney	8	7	0	490
582	Montezuma	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	Wanakena	11	7	0	200
593	Selkirk	8	7	0	200
594	Costa Mesa	9	7	1	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	Brooktondale	8	7	0	50
606	Liverpool	9	7	0	50
607	Boulder	10	7	0	25
608	Otto	8	7	0	24
609	Florida	13	7	1	0
610	Burke	9	7	0	0
611	Wells	8	7	0	0
612	Hilton Head Isl.	10	7	0	0
613	Moreau	12	7	0	0
614	Hortonville	10	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	Wilmington	6	6	0	980
637	Crown Point	8	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	Chestertown	12	5	0	300
692	Castle Rock	11	5	1	250
693	Spencer	6	5	0	180
694	Pennellville	9	5	0	120
695	Windelm	6	5	0	100
696	Preble	6	5	0	60
697	Salisbury Mills	6	5	0	50
698	Bradford	10	5	0	37
699	Alpine	5	5	0	34
700	East Hampton	10	5	1	34
701	Eaton	8	5	0	30
702	Castleton-on-hudson	9	5	0	25
703	Speculator	7	5	0	0
704	Eagle Bay	6	5	0	0
705	Middletown	10	4	0	30,850
706	Gloversville	14	4	0	18,625
707	Hampton Bays	10	4	0	12,500
708	Dolgeville	9	4	0	2,166
709	Millerton	11	4	0	2,000
710	Hancock	5	4	0	1,182
711	Orangeburg	10	4	0	1,144
712	Unadilla	8	4	0	1,128
713	Tuxedo Park	11	4	0	1,100
714	Fonda	7	4	0	1,080
715	Hadley	5	4	0	997
716	St. Regis Falls	7	4	0	980
717	Edmeston	5	4	0	890
718	Slate Hill	10	4	0	850
719	Colton	6	4	0	850
720	Hobart	8	4	0	700
721	Dover Plains	6	4	0	700
722	Harris	7	4	0	600
723	Mongaup Valley	5	4	0	600
724	Cambridge	8	4	0	600
725	Ocean Pines	7	4	0	500
726	Tannersville	8	4	0	496
727	Franklin	7	4	0	481
728	Hyde Park	7	4	0	450
729	Milford	6	4	0	407
730	Jeffersonville	5	4	0	359
731	Andes	8	4	0	260
732	Plattekill	8	4	0	250
733	Lafayette	6	4	0	240
734	West Chazy	9	4	0	225
735	West Oneonta	7	4	0	200
736	Redhook	4	4	0	179
737	Westtown	5	4	0	154
738	Port Jefferson	10	4	0	150
739	Bovina Center	5	4	0	142
740	Rock Tavern	6	4	0	121
741	Rosendale	9	4	0	115
742	Livingston	7	4	0	114
743	New City	9	4	0	92
744	Greenfield Center	7	4	0	75
745	Fort Johnson	6	4	0	60
746	Duanesburg	6	4	0	50
747	Oriskany	7	4	0	49
748	Morrisonville	10	4	2	43
749	Narrowsburg	5	4	0	40
750	Newark	6	4	0	32
751	Panama	9	4	0	32
752	Glen Aubrey	5	4	0	32
753	Davenport Center	6	4	0	0
754	Adirondack	7	4	0	0
755	Berlin	7	4	1	0
756	Massapequa	22	3	0	43,000
757	Ilion	12	3	0	9,022
758	Port Jervis	5	3	0	9,000
759	Catskill	13	3	0	8,105
760	Fort Montgomery	8	3	0	8,000
761	Bayville	10	3	0	6,700
762	Bohemia	16	3	0	4,700
763	Upton	5	3	0	3,500
764	Coxsackie	6	3	0	2,000
765	Athens	8	3	0	1,700
766	St. Johnsville	4	3	0	1,700
767	Little Valley	5	3	0	1,338
768	Wurtsboro	8	3	0	1,265
769	Northville	3	3	0	1,180
770	Greenville	8	3	0	1,100
771	Roxbury	6	3	0	1,080
772	Otego	5	3	0	1,010
773	Palatine Bridge	7	3	0	890
774	Ellenburg Depot	6	3	0	750
775	Ballston Spa	6	3	0	650
776	Cherry Valley	5	3	0	620
777	Middleville	5	3	0	512
778	Laurens	3	3	0	381
779	Prattsville	8	3	0	375
780	Arcade	4	3	0	336
781	North Java	5	3	0	270
782	Big Flats	7	3	0	266
783	Elka Park	8	3	0	250
784	Highland Mills	5	3	0	240
785	Poughquag	5	3	0	235
786	Bloomville	5	3	0	220
787	New Hartford	10	3	0	210
788	Hamden	5	3	0	175
789	Yorktown	5	3	0	150
790	West Hurley	5	3	0	135
791	Silvercreek	5	3	0	100
792	Ashland	4	3	0	90
793	Valley Cottage	5	3	0	86
794	Sauquoit	6	3	0	77
795	Greenfield Park	5	3	0	60
796	New Lebanon	4	3	0	56
797	Berkshire	4	3	0	55
798	Ancramdale	5	3	0	49
799	Midland Park	7	3	0	25
800	Bloomingburg	5	3	0	0
801	Johnstown	9	2	0	10,851
802	Highland Falls	7	2	0	6,400
803	Northport	2	2	0	2,300
804	Waterville	3	2	0	1,742
805	Broadalbin	5	2	0	1,457
806	Richfield Springs	5	2	0	1,200
807	Elizabethtown	2	2	0	800
808	Saranac	3	2	0	500
809	Shelter Island Heights	3	2	0	463
810	Limestone	3	2	0	459
811	Cornwall	2	2	0	450
812	Hensonville	5	2	0	402
813	Ulster Park	5	2	0	380
814	North Chili	4	2	0	375
815	Sloatsburg	4	2	0	312
816	New York	4	2	0	300
817	South Otselic	3	2	0	300
818	Pomona	6	2	0	240
819	Advance	3	2	0	225
820	Chaffee	3	2	0	200
821	Fremont Center	3	2	0	150
822	Monsey	8	2	0	150
823	Delanson	4	2	0	150
824	South Cairo	5	2	0	145
825	Maryland	3	2	0	140
826	Westernville	2	2	0	120
827	Standish	5	2	0	110
828	Moira	7	2	0	100
829	Wells Bridge	4	2	0	85
830	West Lebanon	4	2	0	69
831	Hannacroix	6	2	0	63
832	Olympia	5	2	0	63
833	Carmel (t)	4	2	0	60
834	Godeffroy	4	2	0	47
835	Ho-ho-kus	5	2	0	40
836	Stephentown	5	2	0	40
837	Stroudsburg	6	2	0	36
838	Carlisle	5	2	0	35
839	Vista	4	2	0	35
840	Hopewell Jct	6	2	0	30
841	Middle Grove	9	2	0	20
842	Bliss	3	2	0	0
843	Barryville	3	2	0	0
844	Forestport	4	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	Fishers Island	0	0	0	300
872	West Gilgo Beach	2	0	0	300
873	Poland	0	0	0	180
874	Cuddebackville	2	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: March 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)