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What is in the water at 11941

One public water system serves this ZIP code in the federal records. Everything below comes from EPA monitoring data, and everything missing is named.

SUFFOLK COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY

PWSID NY5110526 · NY · serves 1,100,000 people

PFAS and lithium

10 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 171 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
PFHxA0.044 µg/L459/6/2023
PFPeA0.039 µg/L539/6/2023
6:2 FTS0.024 µg/L27/19/2023
PFOS0.017 µg/L137/5/2023
PFBA0.013 µg/L99/18/2023
PFHxS0.011 µg/L199/11/2023
PFHpA0.0096 µg/L49/6/2023
PFOA0.0065 µg/L199/18/2024
PFNA0.0057 µg/L27/5/2023
PFBS0.0052 µg/L58/9/2023

A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.

Health-based violations

No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.

Hardness

Median hardness 43 mg/L as CaCO₃, measured at 48 stations serving this system across 201 results, 2015-03-12 to 2023-07-12. Measured in the water source and distribution area, not at a tap, and not in your home.

What this report cannot tell you

Every figure describes water at a sampling point: a treatment plant, an entry point to the distribution system, or a monitoring station. None of it describes water arriving at your tap. Plumbing between the two can add lead and copper, and if your home was built before 1986 a test kit tells you something no federal dataset can.

Sources: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence (final release, frozen July 2026) · EPA SDWIS health-based violations · USGS and state monitoring via the Water Quality Portal · EPA Public Water System Service Area Boundaries v3. Compiled 2026-09-01.