Albany City, NY Water Quality
Albany City: EPA violation history, explained
Albany City's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. It serves 98,000 people through 29,000 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Albany City has 5 violations on record in total, 0 of them health-based - ranking it 11,082th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 14th percentile nationally.
How Albany City compares within NY
Albany City's 0 health-based violations sit within the NY average of 4.3, across 452 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Albany City is from 2025-07-12. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What this data is and is not
This is what Albany City reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 0 health-based violations on file for Albany City - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.