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Essex Tap Water Quality Report
No test results on file for ESSEX WD, Essex's water system. Results from other water systems on this page are listed under each system's name; they are not ESSEX WD's results and do not make a verdict for Essex. Check ESSEX WD's latest Consumer Confidence Report for its current test results.
No single water system serves most of Essex (612 residents, Census 2024 estimate). Its large systems are ESSEX WD (EPA counts 350 people served, about 57% of Essex's population); MAGIC PINES MHP (EPA counts 220 people served, about 36% of Essex's population). EPA's counts may include people served outside Essex, so each share is at most that. Check which one bills you: each system's figures are shown separately below.
- ESSEX WD: No contaminant results on file; health-based violations since 2020: 4
- MAGIC PINES MHP: 129 contaminants tested, 2 above EPA MCLGs; health-based violations since 2020: 0
Other systems listed for Essex with results above guidelines: MAGIC PINES MHP (2 above guidelines)
Water systems
2 large systems
Residents (Census 2024)
612
Health-based violations since 2020
4
ESSEX WD. EPA SDWA violation data as of Q2 2026 (downloaded 2026-07-09).
Is Essex Tap Water Safe to Drink?
Everything we hold on Essex's water is below — a thin record, not a clean one. Testing your own water is the way to find out what your tap is actually delivering.
ESSEX WD, Essex's water system, serves 350 people. 1 other system is listed for Essex. Each system's results are listed under its own name, never added to ESSEX WD's.
Boil water advisories are issued by water systems and state agencies, and they change from day to day. Boil water advisories in New York
Essex Water Service Areas
Fluoride in Essex's water
ESSEX WD
PWSID NY1500278
No fluoride level in our data for ESSEX WD. Your utility's annual water quality report (CCR) lists it.
MAGIC PINES MHP
PWSID NY1521744
MAGIC PINES MHP reported no detectable fluoride.
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General-Purpose Water Filters for Essex
No test results are on file for ESSEX WD, Essex's water system, so these are general-purpose NSF/ANSI 53 certified filters, not chosen for any contaminant.
Pentair Residential Filtration, LLC
Everpure Residential H-300-NXT
NSF Certified:
Capacity
3001 gal
Filter Life
10 mo
Flow Rate
0.5 gpm
Removes 5 contaminants:
Whirlpool Corporation
W11256135
NSF Certified:
Capacity
1001 gal
Filter Life
3 mo
Flow Rate
0.7 gpm
Removes 19 contaminants:
+14 more
Benzene, Carbofuran, Chlorine (Free), Chlorine (Total), Chlorine Dioxide, Chlorobenzene, Cryptosporidium, Ethylbenzene, Lead, Mercury, Metolachlor, Tetrachloroethylene, Toxaphene, Turbidity
Whirlpool Corporation
W11569861
NSF Certified:
Capacity
1001 gal
Filter Life
3 mo
Flow Rate
0.52 gpm
Removes 22 contaminants:
+17 more
Atrazine, Benzene, Carbofuran, Chlorine (Free), Chlorine (Total), Chlorine Dioxide, Chlorobenzene, Cryptosporidium, Ethylbenzene, Lead, Mercury, Metolachlor, Styrene, Tetrachloroethylene, Toxaphene, Trichloroethylene, Turbidity
Santevia
Bath Filter
NSF Certified:
Flow Rate
0.36 gpm
Highlights:
- Organic cotton design reduces plastic used in construction
- Affordable upfront & ongoing cost
- The only bath filter that removed 100% chlorine with “normal” faster faucet flow
Removes 1 contaminants:
No test results on file — test your own tap
We don't hold water-quality results for this system yet, so nobody can tell you what is in your water from published data. A certified lab test is the way to find out.
SimpleLab
Advanced Home Water Test
$269
Comprehensive water analysis testing over 200 contaminants including bacteria, heavy metals, and chemical compounds.
Tap Score
Advanced Microplastics Test
$829
Cutting-edge testing for microplastics particles in drinking water using advanced laboratory techniques.
Tap Score
Haloacetic Acids (HAA9) Test
$275
Tests for disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter in water treatment.
What Essex's water readings can explain
We publish a city-level hardness figure for Essex, resolved from its water systems where they report one and estimated from county sampling where they do not. Each page starts with the hot-tap and cold-tap check, then shows what your own water system reported.
On a private well near Essex? Public-water results do not apply to private wells. See Essex County well water testing and USGS risk data — modeled arsenic, nitrate, and the tests to run.
Water softener cost and installation in Essex
Essex's tap water has an estimated 0.9 grains per gallon (14.9 mg/L, county sampling in Essex County) — soft on the USGS scale, below the range where scale is usually worth treating.
Water softener cost for an estimated 0.9 gpg water in Essex — equipment and local installation labour for your ZIP code, with the sizing arithmetic shown in full. For the national picture first, read what a water softener costs — equipment, installation labour and ten-year ownership, each separated out. For New York as a whole, read water softener cost in New York — priced against the plumber wage published for the state.
Frequently Asked Questions About Essex Tap Water
No test results on file for ESSEX WD, Essex's water system. Results from other water systems on this page are listed under each system's name; they are not ESSEX WD's results and do not make a verdict for Essex. Check ESSEX WD's latest Consumer Confidence Report for its current test results.
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This form corrects our data; it does not reach ESSEX WD. For a problem with your water now (discolored water, no water, low pressure, a leak), contact ESSEX WD directly.
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