CLAY WDS: EPA violation history, explained

CLAY WDS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 16,000 people get their water from it, across 5,550 connections.

CLAY WDS's record against the rest of the country

CLAY WDS has 12 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,431th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 50th percentile nationally.

Against the NY average

NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; CLAY WDS carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

CLAY WDS's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.

The concern categories on record

CLAY WDS'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 CLAY WDS's record does not cover

Everything on this page is CLAY WDS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and CLAY WDS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,431th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.