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DIX HILLS WATER DISTRICT: EPA violation history, explained

DIX HILLS 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 34,522 people through 8,549 service connections.

How this compares nationally

22 total violations and 3 health-based ones put DIX HILLS WATER DISTRICT at the 61th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,002 of 12,903.

How DIX HILLS WATER DISTRICT compares within NY

NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; DIX HILLS WATER DISTRICT carries 3, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for DIX HILLS WATER DISTRICT is from 2024-01-06 (health-based: 2011-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

DIX HILLS 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:

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

Everything on this page is DIX HILLS WATER DISTRICT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 22 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.