Is ALBERTSON WD's water safe to drink?

ALBERTSON WD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 13,500, over 4,068 connections.

How this compares nationally

257 total violations and 3 health-based ones put ALBERTSON WD at the 64th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,625 of 12,903.

Against the NY average

ALBERTSON WD's 3 health-based violations sit within the NY average of 4.1, across 443 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

ALBERTSON WD's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 1998-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.

The concern categories on record

ALBERTSON WD's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:

• Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)

The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What ALBERTSON WD's record does not cover

This is what ALBERTSON WD 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. Between the utility's meter and ALBERTSON WD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,625th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.