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Independent drinking water testing, NY, NJ and CT
Samples collected at your tap by a technician, with NELAP accredited laboratory analysis, reported with methods and reporting limits stated.
Certified Master Inspector
Water Quality Association
AIHA member
Serving NY, NJ and CT since 1991
Questions clients commonly ask
- What should I test my drinking water for?
- How do I know if my tap water is safe to drink?
- Does a city water report tell me what is in my own faucet?
- Can water testing be done for a business, school or apartment building?
Request professional water testing
Send the details and a specialist will respond.
Test what actually reaches the property
Property plumbing can affect water after it leaves the public distribution system.
Test for the concern you actually have
Lead, bacteria, PFAS, VOCs, metals and other contaminants require specific laboratory analysis rather than a generic 'water test.'
Professional sampling & analysis
Olympian provides on-site collection with accredited environmental laboratory analysis for the parameters selected.
Brooklyn, NY 11228
Sunnyside
Sunnyside, NY 11104
Upper West Side
New York, NY 10024
Staten Island
Staten Island, NY 10306
Midtown
New York, NY 10118
Independent Drinking Water Testing for Homes and Properties
Public water systems in the United States are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, which sets enforceable standards, monitoring obligations and annual reporting to customers. Those requirements govern the water a utility delivers into the distribution system. They do not extend to the service connection, risers, branch lines, valves and fixtures inside a private property.
Olympian Water Testing provides independent drinking water testing for homeowners, families, cooperative and condominium boards, managing agents, schools and childcare programs, medical and hospitality properties, and buyers evaluating a property throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Why Testing at the Property Answers a Different Question
A utility can meet every applicable standard at its point of compliance while an individual apartment or house presents differently, because the final stretch of the journey is privately owned infrastructure.
That stretch is also where the contaminants generating the most enquiries originate. Lead enters from service connections, solder and brass components. Copper enters from tubing and fittings. Bacteriological indicators respond to disturbance and stagnation within the building itself. None of this is described by an annual consumer confidence report.
Testing is commonly commissioned after a change in taste, color or odor, following work in the street or the building, during a purchase or lease, ahead of the arrival of a child, or simply because the property has never been assessed.
How a Meaningful Scope Is Designed
The value of an analysis depends on whether the right parameters were included. Olympian Water Testing establishes the building age and plumbing history, the supply type, which taps the household actually uses and the reason for the engagement before any panel is quoted.
Our laboratory technician performs the site visit and identifies every cold water point of use, including utility sinks, exterior taps and accessory lines feeding refrigerator dispensers, which households routinely overlook when counting their taps.
Where a defined stagnation period applies, preparation instructions are provided to the client before the sampling appointment. Samples are handled under documented chain of custody with holding times observed for each analysis.
Understanding Your Report
Reporting identifies the sampled locations, parameters analyzed, analytical results and reporting limits, including parameters not detected above the applicable reporting limit.
It also names the reference framework each value is compared against and identifies its category, since enforceable limits, non enforceable health based goals and advisory guidance are frequently quoted interchangeably despite carrying quite different weight.
Our reporting is prepared for review by boards, engineers, managing agents, lenders, counsel and physicians, all of whom approach the same document from different directions.
Independent Testing Across the Tri State Region
Olympian Water Testing has operated since 1991, working from five departure locations across New York City into New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, with NELAP accredited laboratory analysis and accredited results provided.
Proximity to the property is operationally significant. Analytical holding times commence at collection, and a requested stagnation period must be observed on the scheduled day.
Olympian Water Testing provides professional drinking-water sampling throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Testing is selected around the water source, property, plumbing system and reason for the investigation, with analysis performed by an accredited environmental laboratory.
How Olympian works
- On site sample collection by our highly trained and skilled laboratory technicians
- Stagnation instructions provided in advance when required by the selected test
- Chain of custody maintained from collection through analysis
- NELAP accredited laboratory analysis
- Our reporting states methods, reporting limits and measured values
Why clients choose Olympian
- Thirty five years serving New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
- Parameter selection determined through consultation with our consultants
- Five departure locations across New York City
- Reporting limits stated for every parameter selected
- Support available 24/7 for testing questions and scheduling
Common questions
A utility report describes the public water system. It does not measure what may be contributed by an individual property’s service line, building plumbing, valves or fixtures before the water reaches a particular tap.
Yes. Drinking-water testing can be designed for homes, commercial properties, schools, childcare facilities, residential buildings, offices and other facilities, with sampling locations selected around how the water is actually used.
Request Professional Water Testing
Tell Olympian what you want to understand about the property or water source, and the testing can be tailored to your specific questions and concerns.