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Brewster tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Brewster. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Brewster is served by 18 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 9,917 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 83 violations across the community water system(s) serving Brewster, going back to the earliest EPA record. 30 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Buchanan Village
2,200 served · surface water · PWSID NY5903422 - Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between April 2016 and October 2019. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between April 2016 and October 2019. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Brewster Village
2,162 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3903639 - Monitoring 1,4-Dioxane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANE SULFONIC ACID (PFOS): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANOIC ACID (PFOA): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 1994. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Brewster Heights
1,350 served · surface water · PWSID NY3905680 - Monitoring 1,4-Dioxane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANE SULFONIC ACID (PFOS): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANOIC ACID (PFOA): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between July 1994 and January 2001. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Dover Plains Water Co
800 served · groundwater · PWSID NY1302761 - Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in September 1995. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Vails Grove Cooperative
500 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3903654 - Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2001. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Blackberry Hill
500 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3905683 As of June 2026, EPA records show no reported violations for this system in the period covered. This is not a guarantee about every substance, or about the water inside your home's plumbing.
Green Chimneys: Main Well
500 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3921720 As of June 2026, EPA records show no reported violations for this system in the period covered. This is not a guarantee about every substance, or about the water inside your home's plumbing.
Peaceable Hill Water District
475 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3919662 - Monitoring 1,4-Dioxane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANE SULFONIC ACID (PFOS): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANOIC ACID (PFOA): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Hillcrest Water District
400 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3905705 - Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2001. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Starr Ridge Manor
295 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3905681 As of June 2026, EPA records show no reported violations for this system in the period covered. This is not a guarantee about every substance, or about the water inside your home's plumbing.
Holly Stream Condominium Apts
168 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3903712 - Monitoring 1,4-Dioxane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANE SULFONIC ACID (PFOS): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANOIC ACID (PFOA): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between July 1994 and June 2006. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Springhouse Estates W.W. Corp.
162 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3920093 - Monitoring 1,4-Dioxane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANE SULFONIC ACID (PFOS): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANOIC ACID (PFOA): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between July 1994 and October 2007. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Mountain Brook Homes
125 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3905703 - Health-based Iron: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 15 times between July 2021 and January 2024. The EPA record lists a level of 0.749 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.3 MG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 1994. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Fox Hill Estates
100 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3905682 - Monitoring 1,4-Dioxane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANE SULFONIC ACID (PFOS): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANOIC ACID (PFOA): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 1994. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Birch Hill Acres
60 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3930047 - Monitoring 1,4-Dioxane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANE SULFONIC ACID (PFOS): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANOIC ACID (PFOA): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Delancy Street Foundation (Castle)
48 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3930031 - Health-based PERFLUOROCTANOIC ACID (PFOA): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in January 2021. The EPA record lists a level of 22.9 NG/L; the limit (MCL) is 10 NG/L. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Riverside Apartments
36 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3902011 - Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2002. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Tilly Foster Apartments
36 served · groundwater · PWSID NY3905872 - Health-based Chloride: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 14 times between July 2019 and July 2023. The EPA record lists a level of 534 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 250 MG/L. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 1,4-Dioxane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANE SULFONIC ACID (PFOS): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring PERFLUOROCTANOIC ACID (PFOA): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2021. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in October 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.