College Point Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

College Point, New York, Queens — a major north Queens community (College Point is a significant Queens neighborhood — a north Queens waterfront community on Flushing Bay adjacent to Whitestone and Flushing; College Point is known for its manufacturing history (College Point was the site of rubber, textile, and chemical manufacturing in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and it retains a more industrial character than many Queens neighborhoods) and for its significant Chinese-American community (College Point has one of the most established Chinese-American (particularly Fujianese-American) communities in Queens — the community's Chinese restaurants, businesses, and cultural organizations have grown significantly since the 1980s)); College Point is also home of one of the largest industrial parks in New York City (the College Point Corporate Campus, a significant large-scale industrial and commercial park on the north Queens Flushing Bay waterfront), a diverse Queens County community with a primarily Chinese-American, Korean-American, and diverse working-class and middle-class population — draws its municipal water supply via the NYC DEP. Water hardness in College Point measures 168.5 mg/L — classified as hard.

College Point's hard supply reflects the north Queens NYC DEP distribution characteristics. The NYC DEP distributes Catskill–Delaware supply to north Queens, producing the hard 168.5 mg/L.

At 168.5 mg/L, College Point residents face regular hard water challenges. Monthly descaling and water softeners are recommended. NYC DEP consistently delivers water meeting all New York State DEC and EPA Safe Drinking Water Act requirements.