Is Beacon City Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Dutchess

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-04-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-04-01 → 2025-04-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-07-01 → 1995-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1995-07-01 → 1995-07-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1993-07-01 → 1993-07-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	1992-01-01 → 1995-10-30
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-09-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-09-01

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Bromodichloromethane	20 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.2 µg/L	124/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	26 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 31.8 µg/L	124/124	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	60.045 µg/L 75% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 69.3 µg/L	124/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	15.98 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20 µg/L	123/123	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	29.05 µg/L 48% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 37 µg/L	120/120	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	14.1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 23 µg/L	119/120	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	13.37 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 20 µg/L	119/120	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	4.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.3 µg/L	74/120	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	3.134 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.5 µg/L	72/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	5.854 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.27 µg/L	23/120	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	290 µg/L 2.9% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0018 mg/L 12% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	9/9	LCR	2023
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.692 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.6 µg/L	9/120	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	43.86 µg/L 2.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 46.8 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Tetrachloroethylene	8.355 µg/L 167% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 5 µg/L worst single sample: 9.2 µg/L	6/50	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	0.2880 µg/L 0.3% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 0.2900 µg/L	2/10	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	243.15 µg/L 2.4% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 250 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2013–2019
Selenium	2.6225 µg/L 5.2% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 2.65 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.2730 pCi/L 5.5% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2018
Combined Uranium	0.6220 µg/L 2.1% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2018

85 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneFluorideGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BALICKI, EDWARD
Phone: 845-831-3136
Email: ebalicki@cityofbeacon.org

Frequently asked questions about Beacon City

Is Beacon City tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 20 contaminants in Beacon City's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Beacon City's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, TTHM, Dibromochloromethane, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Beacon City serve?

Beacon City reports serving 14,370 people in New York, per its EPA record.

Has Beacon City had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 16 violations on file for Beacon City, of which 6 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.