- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 3.
- Lithium: found in 6 of 10 samples, average 17.8 µg/L, highest 35.9 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, May 2025–Nov 2025)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 5 of 10 samples, average 1.8 ppt, highest 4.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, May 2025–Dec 2025)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 10 samples, average 1.1 ppt, highest 6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, May 2025–Dec 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 9 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2026–Jun 30, 2026). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Kiryas Joel tap water? What EPA records show
EPA NY3503627 · serves Kiryas Joel (V), NY · about 51,623 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Kiryas Joel (EPA NY3503627)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Kiryas Joel's main utility, Kiryas Joel: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (NY3503627) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Kiryas Joel, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (NY3503627) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Kiryas Joel (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 9 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2026–Jun 30, 2026). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 3.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Kiryas Joel use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Kiryas Joel's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.