Annual Drinking Water Quality Report for 2024
Bath Consolidated
Village of Bath & Town of Bath Water Districts
(Public Water Supply ID: NY5001206)
7 South Avenue
Bath, New York 14810
Introduction
The Village of Bath owns a public water supply. In addition to residents and business in the Village of Bath, the Village’s public water supply is also provided to residents and business in Town of Bath water districts. For this reason, the Village’s public water supply is referred to as Bath Consolidated, and has the public water supply identification NY5001206.
Bath Consolidated is operated, maintained, and improved by the Village’s utility department, Bath Electric, Gas and Water Systems (BEGWS).
To comply with State regulations, BEGWS annually issues a report for Bath Consolidated 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 Erin Bonacci, BEGWS Director of Municipal Utilities, by phone at (607) 664-9103 or via email at ebonacci@begws.com.
We want you to be informed about your drinking water. If you want to learn more, please attend any of our regularly scheduled meetings of the Village of Bath Municipal Utility Commission. Regular Meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month, at 4:30pm, in the large conference room of the BEGWS Commercial Office which is located at 7 South Avenue, Bath, New York 14810. We want you to be informed about your drinking water. If you want to learn more, please feel free to contact us so we can discuss any drinking water issues with you further.
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 New York State Department of Health and the United States Environmental Protection Agency prescribe regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. The New York State Department of Health’s and the United States Food and Drug Administration’s regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health.
Our water source is groundwater, which is drawn from four (4) wells, each drilled over eight feet in depth, located in the Village of Bath. Bath Consolidated has two storage tanks with a combined storage capacity of 2.5 million gallons. BEGWS operates an integrated water distribution system. This means that water from any one of the four groundwater wells may be delivered to any customer depending upon which well is in operation at any specific time. Chlorination treatment is provided for disinfection of the water in the distribution system, maintaining an average free chlorine residual of 0.88 mg/L, a high of 1.54 mg/L and a low of 0.13 mg/L for the year. Fluoride treatment is provided to prevent dental decay. There is presently enough water to supply all demands, including firefighting. During 2024 our system did not experience any restriction of our water source.
A Source Water Assessment Summary will be included when the data is available from the New York State Department of Health.
Facts and Figures
Our water system serves approximately 5,400 people through approximately 2,122 service connections. The total water produced in 2024 was 294,304,387 gallons, or an average of 806,313 gallons of water per day treated and pumped into our distribution system. The total annual amount of water delivered (metered) to our customers was 186,517,000 gallons, with a total amount of unaccounted water lost from the system at 107,787,387 gallons or a percentage of 36.62%. Flushing mains, fighting fires, and water leaks account for some of the unaccounted water. In 2024, the average residential household used 3,764 gallons per month of water costing $24.42, or $0.81 per day. For an average family of four, the cost of water was $0.20 per person per day.
Are There Contaminants in Our Drinking Water?
As the State regulations require, we routinely test your drinking water for numerous contaminants. These contaminants include: total coliform, turbidity, inorganic compounds, nitrate, nitrite, lead and copper, volatile organic compounds, total trihalomethanes, haloacetic acids, radiological and synthetic organic compounds. The table presented below depicts which compounds were detected in your drinking water. The State allows us to test for some contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants do not change frequently. Some of our data, though representative, are more than one year old.
It should be noted that all drinking water, including bottled drinking water, may be reasonably expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791) or the New York State Health of Department local office Hornell NY at 607-324-8371
For the .pdf of the 2024 water report click here.