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Blue Spruce Motel and Apartments

Serves an area of Columbia County, NY · 78 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 17 monitoring/reporting issues for Blue Spruce Motel and Apartments in the last ten years.

  • NY1018149
  • VALATIE
  • NY
  • 78 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 12184
EPA system ID NY1018149

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
17

Key facts

  • Blue Spruce Motel and Apartments draws water from 2 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by New York, August 2011.
  • Record on file since 1995, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 5 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Mar 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Feb 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Dec 1, 2022 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2022 Resolved
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2022 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Oct 1, 2022 Resolved
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved
Asbestos
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2015 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2014 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 19, 1999 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Oct 19, 1999 Resolved

Full record since 1995

EPA's records for Blue Spruce Motel and Apartments go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (3 resolved, 3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 26 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 5
2000s 2 8
2010 to October 18, 2016 4 13
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 0 10

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Arsenic, began October 2011, Resolved.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.011 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2011 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.013 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2011 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.014 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2011 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.011 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2010 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.01 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2009 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.012 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2007 Archived

Enforcement actions

New York regulators and EPA took 3 formal enforcement actions against Blue Spruce Motel and Apartments between 2005 and 2011, filed as 5 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in August 2011.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 24, 2011 New York Signed compliance agreement 3 violations (3 health-based): Arsenic
Jul 29, 2011 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 6 violations (6 health-based): Arsenic
Feb 18, 2005 New York Administrative penalty 1 violation: Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Blue Spruce Motel and Apartments draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

Blue Spruce Motel and Apartments must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Blue Spruce Motel and Apartments for a copy.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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