Is FARMINGDALE (V)'s water safe to drink?

FARMINGDALE (V) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 8,744 people get their water from it, across 2,388 connections.

How this compares nationally

FARMINGDALE (V) has 3 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,992th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 30th percentile nationally.

How FARMINGDALE (V) compares within NY

Among the 443 NY systems in this dataset, the average is 4.1 health-based violations - FARMINGDALE (V)'s 1 is at or below that. 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 FARMINGDALE (V) is from 2002-01-02 (health-based: 2000-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

FARMINGDALE (V)'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 this data is and is not

FARMINGDALE (V)'s numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for FARMINGDALE (V) - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.