BRINKERHOFF WATER DISTRICT: EPA violation history, explained
BRINKERHOFF WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,788 people through 768 service connections.
BRINKERHOFF WATER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
5 total violations and 1 health-based ones put BRINKERHOFF WATER DISTRICT at the 32th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,754 of 12,903.
How BRINKERHOFF WATER DISTRICT compares within NY
NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; BRINKERHOFF WATER DISTRICT carries 1, not more than typical for the state. 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 BRINKERHOFF WATER DISTRICT is from 2013-03-03 (health-based: 2013-03-03). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BRINKERHOFF WATER DISTRICT'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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 this data is and is not
This is what BRINKERHOFF WATER DISTRICT 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 BRINKERHOFF WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,754th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.