Is GLEN COVE CITY's water safe to drink?
GLEN COVE CITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 28,000 people get their water from it, across 7,950 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
GLEN COVE CITY has 159 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,904th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 70th percentile nationally.
Against the NY average
NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; GLEN COVE CITY carries 4, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
GLEN COVE CITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2012-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2011-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
The concern categories on record
GLEN COVE CITY'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 GLEN COVE CITY's record does not cover
Everything on this page is GLEN COVE CITY'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 GLEN COVE CITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,904th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.