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Plainview WD

Serves Plainview and Old Bethpage, Nassau County, NY · 34,000 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and no monitoring/reporting issues for Plainview WD in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Tetrachloroethylene violation.

  • NY2902845
  • City not reported
  • 34,000 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP Not reported
EPA system ID NY2902845

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Plainview WD draws water from 13 wells (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Tetrachloroethylene, 7.9 µg/L, federal limit 5 µg/L (1.6 times the limit), 2017.
  • Record on file since 2011, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 10,743 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Tetrachloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 7.9 µg/L, federal limit 5 µg/L (1.6 times the limit)
 310 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved No
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
 310 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved No

Full record since 2011

EPA's records for Plainview WD go back to 2011. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 56 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 56
October 19, 2016 to 2019 2 0

What the violations mean

Tetrachloroethylene

1 incident

Test results for Tetrachloroethylene were above the federal limit (a maximum contaminant level violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene

1 incident

Test results for cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene were above the federal limit (a maximum contaminant level violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Plainview WD draws water from 13 wells (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).

Annual water quality report

Plainview WD 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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