In Elmira, NY, 65,000 residents rely on the Elmira Water Board to provide a fresh source of surface water. Local filtration plant produces on a daily average 2.26 billion gallons of fresh drinking water, which approximately 6.2 million gallons are used on average each day. Approximately, six million residents of the state consume an average 110 gallons of drinking water per day, per person. New York State Dept. of Health evaluates the water quality throughout the state as well as the Elmira Water Board by measuring all possible and actual threats to the water. Back in 2008, the drinking water wells in nearby Dimock, Pa., approximately 66.6 miles south east of Elmira, water samples uncovered dangerously high levels of methane. In 2013, The
