Is Rombout Water District Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
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
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	1999-10-19 → 2000-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	1999-10-19 → 2000-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	1998-08-01 → 1998-08-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	1998-04-01 → 1998-04-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1997-01-01 → 1997-01-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	1996-03-01 → 1996-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1996-02-01 → 1996-02-29
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	1996-02-01 → 1996-02-29
MR	Monitoring	Archived	1996-01-01 → 1996-01-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	1996-01-01 → 1996-01-31

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	14.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.1 µg/L	26/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	28.75 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 39.1 µg/L	26/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	12.75 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13 µg/L	26/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	15.25 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 19.4 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	44.75 µg/L 56% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 79.1 µg/L	26/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	36.5 µg/L 61% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 40.6 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	20.75 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 23 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	4.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6 µg/L	17/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.00090 mg/L 6% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	11/11	LCR	2020
Bromoform	2.772 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.33 µg/L	10/27	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.4445 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.5 µg/L	4/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	5.43 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.8 µg/L	3/26	SYR4	2012–2019

Utility contact

Contact: FISHKILL SUPERVISOR AND TOWN BOARD
Phone: 845-831-7800
Email: supervisor@fishkill-ny.gov

Frequently asked questions about Rombout Water District

Is Rombout Water District tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 12 contaminants in Rombout Water District'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 Rombout Water District's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, Dichloroacetic Acid, TTHM, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Rombout Water District serve?

Rombout Water District reports serving 3,000 people in New York, per its EPA record.

Has Rombout Water District had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 27 violations on file for Rombout Water District, of which 0 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.