New York · system NY3304307 · serves 9,200 people
Band placed by this system's most recent reported result within a rolling three-year window; the three-year range below shows the full spread.
The reading
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 NY3304307 · the three years from August 9, 2023 to August 9, 2026
Where this ranks
This system's nitrate sits in the top 3% nationally. Systems reporting less serve about 97% of everyone on NitrateSmart's tracked supply; the other about 3% are on systems reporting the same or more. That compares what systems reported, not what comes out of any one tap.
What "Health-study range" means
Two long-term studies of Iowa women reported higher cancer rates among people whose drinking water stayed above 5 mg/L as N for years[1][2] — thyroid cancer where the supply ran above that level for more than five years, bladder cancer where it did for four years or more — still below the federal limit of 10. Both are observational: they find associations, not proven cause, and the difference for any one person is small. In both, concentration alone fell short of significance and the years spent above 5 reached it, so 5 mg/L as N is a level that matters when it persists. Associations are also reported at lower levels; this band marks the level those two studies used. Whether this system has held this level for years is not something the three-year window below can show, and this page does not claim it.
Sources
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.
Nitrate in community water systems, from the utilities’ own compliance reporting.
Results reaching back to July 2023 · current through August 9, 2026.
Educational information, not medical or personal safety advice.