Annual Drinking Water Quality Report for 2023
Village of Greenwood Lake
P.O. Box 7, Greenwood Lake, NY 10925
Public Water Supply ID# 3503530
INTRODUCTION
To comply with State regulations, the Village of Greenwood Lake Water District will be annually issuing a report describing the quality of your drinking water. The purpose of this report is to raise your understanding of drinking water and awareness of the need to protect our drinking water sources. This report provides an overview of last year’s water quality. Included are details about where your water comes from, what it contains, and how it compares to State standards.
If you have any questions about this report or concerning your drinking water, please contact Philipe Landru of Long Pond Waterworks at (845) 477-9215. We want you to be informed about your drinking water. If you want to learn more, please attend any of our regularly scheduled Village board meetings. The meetings are held every third Wednesday of each month at the court building at 6:00 PM located at 47 Waterstone Road, Greenwood Lake, NY 10925.
WHERE DOES OUR WATER COME FROM?
In general, the sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activities. Contaminants that may be present in source water include: microbial contaminants; inorganic contaminants; pesticides and herbicides; organic chemical contaminants; and radioactive contaminants. In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the State and the EPA prescribe regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. The State Health Department’s and the FDA’s regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health.
Our water system serves 3,000 people through 1,200 service connections. Our water source is The Village of Greenwood Lake is supplied by 2 wells labeled E and G. Both wells are sand and gravel types. Well E is 90 feet deep and Well G is 125 feet deep. Combined Well E and Well G produce 400 gpm. Sodium permanganate is used to treat 500,000 gallons of water. Poly-aluminum chloride is used as a coagulant to help with the filtration process. The filtration is provided by two Robert’s type rapid sand filters. Also, Sodium Hypochlorite is used for disinfection and Ortho-Poly Phosphate is used for corrosion control. The filtration plant is fully automated and has 24-hour monitoring.
The NYS DOH has completed a source water assessment for this system, based on available information. Possible and actual threats to this drinking water source were evaluated. The state source water assessment includes a susceptibility rating based on the risk posed by each potential source of contamination and how easily contaminants can move through the subsurface to the wells. The susceptibility rating is an estimate of the potential for contamination of the source, it does not mean that the water delivered to the consumers is or will be contaminated. See “Table of Detected Contaminants” for a list of contaminants that have been detected. The source water assessments provide resource managers with additional information for protecting source waters into the future.
As mentioned before, our water is derived from two drilled wells. The source water assessment has rated these wells as having a high to very high susceptibility to microbials, nitrates, industrial solvents, and other industrial contaminants. These ratings are due primarily to the proximity of SPDES permitted discharge facilities (industrial/commercial facilities that discharge wastewater into the environment and are regulated by the state and/or federal government) and the low-level residential activity that are located in the assessment area. In addition, the wells draw from a confined aquifer and the overlying soils may not provide adequate protection from potential contamination. While the source water assessment rates our wells as being susceptible to microbials, please note that our water is disinfected to ensure that the finished water delivered into your home meets New York State’s drinking water standards for microbial contamination. A copy of the assessment, including a map of the assessment area, can be obtained by contacting us, as noted in this report.