Rensselaer County, NY
drinking water quality

160,749 residents · 146 public water systems · 26 ZIP codes

Worst PFAS result on federal record
No PFAS above the federal limit

EPA sampled 7 of 146 public water systems here, together serving about 99,497 people. Last sampled 9/30/2024.

Health-based violations

Separately from PFAS, EPA records 26 health-based violations across 17 of the county’s water systems since 2020, the most recent in 2024. They involved trihalomethanes, total coliform, lead and copper, contaminant 2806, contaminant 0700, contaminant 1028.

What this means

PFAS are industrial chemicals that EPA describes as breaking down only very slowly in the environment. In April 2024 EPA set the first enforceable national limits: 4 ng/L for PFOA and PFOS, 10 ng/L for PFHxS, PFNA and GenX.

These figures are county-level and come from EPA’s sampling of public water systems. They describe the worst result found in the county, not what comes out of any particular tap — that depends on which system serves the address, and on the plumbing in the building. A private well is not covered by this programme at all.

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ZIP codes in Rensselaer County

12018 · 12022 · 12033 · 12040 · 12052 · 12061 · 12062 · 12063 · 12082 · 12090 · 12094 · 12121 · 12123 · 12138 · 12140 · 12144 · 12153 · 12154 · 12156 · 12168 · 12169 · 12180 · 12182 · 12185 · 12196 · 12198

Readings are county-level, so every ZIP here shares the figure above. Search your ZIP on the map to see it in context.

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