Is CANISTEO VILLAGE's water safe to drink?
CANISTEO VILLAGE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,100, over 941 connections.
CANISTEO VILLAGE's record against the rest of the country
CANISTEO VILLAGE has 53 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,907th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 54th percentile nationally.
How CANISTEO VILLAGE compares within NY
CANISTEO VILLAGE's 2 health-based violations sit within the NY average of 4.1, across 443 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CANISTEO VILLAGE is from 2025-01-06 (health-based: 1993-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CANISTEO VILLAGE'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 CANISTEO VILLAGE 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 CANISTEO VILLAGE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,907th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.