Orange County tap water
4 of 21 water systems serving Orange County with full PFAS testing averaged above a 2024 federal PFAS level at one or more sampling points.
- 138 community water systems list this county as served; 20 serve 3,300+ people with full PFAS testing.
- 10 had a health-based violation since 2021-10-26.
Largest systems serving this county
| System | Source | People served (whole system) | PFAS above a 2024 level? | Violations since 2021-10-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiryas Joel | Groundwater | 51,623 | No | 0 |
| Middletown City | Surface water | 30,000 | No | 0 |
| Newburgh City | Surface water | 29,000 | No | 0 |
| New Windsor Consolidated Wd | Purchased surface water | 25,667 | No | 0 |
| Newburgh Consolidated Wd | Surface water | 22,282 | No | 0 |
| Monroe Village | Surface water | 12,000 | Yes | 0 |
| Woodbury Cons. W.d. | Groundwater | 10,845 | No | 0 |
| Cornwall-On-Hudson | Surface water | 9,700 | No | 0 |
| Port Jervis City | Surface water | 9,000 | No | 0 |
| U.s.m.a. - Lusk System | Surface water | 8,000 | No | 0 |
| Washingtonville Village | Groundwater | 7,700 | No | 0 |
| Pine Bush Water District | Groundwater | 7,600 | No | 0 |
Which one is yours? A county usually has several utilities. Your bill or your utility's annual water-quality report names yours. Population is for the whole system, which can cross county lines.
Not medical or legal advice. UCMR 5 results are screening data, not compliance determinations.
Sources and freshness
Public-water-system facts, violations and lead/copper results: EPA ECHO SDWA download (SDWIS snapshot 2026-10-13). PFAS and lithium results: EPA UCMR 5 final data (sampling 2023–2025). Both are U.S. government works, downloaded 2026-10-26. Numbers are computed by the published method; the same fields are in the open data files.