New York

... because even though this is where I grew up, I had no idea where these lakes were. My parents' house (and their well) is less than a mile from one of the contaminated lakes (Washington Lake). My brother, lives right by Brown's Pond (where they're going to get water from for the time being).

These two water sources (the contaminated one and the emergency water source) are only a mile away from each other .... and the contaminated stream is less than a mile from Browns Pond.