DRINKING WATER NOTICE
Monitoring Requirements Not Met for Jericho Water District
*We are required to monitor your drinking water for specific contaminants on a regular basis. Results of regular monitoring are an indicator of whether or not our drinking water meets health standards. During the July 2023 – December 2023 period, the District did not complete all monitoring for WQP and therefore cannot be sure of the quality of your drinking water during that time.*
What This Means
This is not an emergency. There is nothing you need to do at this time.
The table below lists the contaminants we did not properly test for during the last year, how often we are supposed to sample for these contaminants, how many samples we are supposed to take, how many samples we took, when samples should have been taken, and the date on which follow-up samples were (or will be) taken.
| Contaminant | Required sampling frequency | Number of samples taken | Number Of Samples Required | When samples were taken |
| WQP | 6 Months | 10 | 20 | Jul 2023-Dec2023 |
What Happened
The District is required to collect, and have analyzed, hundreds of water samples per year. They include Specific Organic Chemicals, 1,4-Dioxane, PFAS, PFOS, Principal & Unspecified Organic Contaminants, Nitrate, as well as a number of other constituents that are required by the New York State Dept. of Health to be monitored on a regular basis. The samples that were not collected during the second half of 2023 are known as Water Quality Parameter samples. They include Ca Hardness as CaCO3, Calcium, Field Temperature and pH, Alkalinity, Total as CaCO3 and Specific Conductance. These are collected at specific sampling points throughout the distribution system and are representative of the water quality being delivered to our customers. The collecting of these samples was overlooked during the second half of 2023.
Steps We Are Taking
To avoid the recurrence of such a monitoring violation, a system of checks and balances has been instituted. Starting in the 1st half of 2024, the District began collecting our samples for WQP on June 28th, 2024, and will continue to follow our required monitoring schedule.
For more information, please contact Peter Logan at 516-921-8280 or 125 Convent Rd., Syosset New York, 11791.
*Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.*
This notice is being sent to you by Jericho Water District. State Water System ID#:2902831
Date distributed: November 2025 fall newsletter
