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Essex County, New York: drinking water records
This overview covers 29 ZIP codes and 37 community water systems in Essex County. It also stands in for 6 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.
System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.
Water systems with the most complete records
| Water system | People served | PFAS survey results | PFAS found | Health-based violations | Lead, 9 in 10 homes at or below |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Placid V NY1500284 | 5,000 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 ppb |
| Ticonderoga WD NY1500293 | 3,700 | 300 | 1 | 0 | 2.1 ppb |
| Adirondack Correctional Facility NY1510497 | 2,400 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.9 ppb |
| Chesterfield WD NY1500283 | 2,300 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 ppb |
| Willsboro WD NY1500299 | 1,571 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 ppb |
| Elizabethtown WD NY1500277 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 ppb |
| Minerva WD NY1500286 | 800 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 5 ppb |
| Lewis WD NY1500285 | 428 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Essex WD NY1500278 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.8 ppb |
| Winebrook Hills WD NY1500305 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Moriah WD NY1500287 | 3,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 ppb |
| Schroon Lake WD NY1500292 | 2,750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 ppb |
| Port Henry WD NY1500290 | 1,831 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 ppb |
| Bloomingdale WD NY1500275 | 980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 ppb |
| Crown Point WD NY1500276 | 980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ppb |
| Wilmington WD NY1500300 | 980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 ppb |
| Westport WD NY1500296 | 927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 ppb |
| Ausable Forks WD NY1516260 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 ppb |
| Forever Wild Water Co-Signor NY1500280 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Keene Valley WD NY1500282 | 660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Jay WD NY1500279 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Ray Brook WD NY1500291 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 ppb |
| Keene WD NY1500281 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 ppb |
| Drapers Acres NY1511360 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 ppb |
| Upper Jay WD NY1500294 | 234 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 ppb |
ZIP reports in Essex County
No ZIP report in this county is published yet.
These ZIP codes are covered by this overview because their utility has too little EPA data for a separate page: 12855, 12858, 12872, 12961, 12964, 12987.
Sources and scope
EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.
Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.