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Nitrate at Prospect St. Water District

New York · system NY0430098 · serves 95 people

Band placed by this system's most recent reported result within a rolling three-year window; the three-year range below includes non-detects (limit <1) alongside detected results.

The reading

2.49 mg/L as N
most recent reading · 2024
ND · detected 0.05 to 2.49
three-year range · non-detects at limit <1
CCR summary, unverified
what this result rests on
95
people served

This figure was transcribed from the utility's Consumer Confidence Report — the annual summary a utility writes about its own water — not from the underlying sampling records, which this site has not seen. That is why the basis reads unverified.

Source: the system's own Consumer Confidence Report (transcribed, unverified) · New York · system NY0430098 · the three years from August 9, 2023 to August 9, 2026

Where this ranks

This system's nitrate sits in the top 15% nationally. Systems reporting less serve about 85% of everyone on NitrateSmart's tracked supply; the other about 15% are on systems reporting the same or more. That compares what systems reported, not what comes out of any one tap.

Natural backgroundHuman impact likelyHuman impact clearHealth-study rangeAbove the federal limit

What "Human impact likely" means

Nitrate here is low, but a little above natural background[1] — enough to suggest that fertilizer, manure, a septic system, or wastewater has reached the source. This is a statement about where the nitrate came from, not about harm.

Sources

  1. Dubrovsky, N.M., and others (2010). Nutrients in the Nation's Streams and Groundwater, 1992–2004. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1350.

The bands describe how strongly human activity, read from nitrate, has marked a water source — they are not a safety verdict. More on what the numbers mean and where nitrate comes from.

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Nitrate in community water systems, from the utilities’ own compliance reporting.

Results reaching back to July 2023 · current through August 9, 2026.

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