Is GOWANDA VILLAGE's water safe to drink?
GOWANDA VILLAGE had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 2,800 people get their water from it, across 1,447 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
67 total violations and 5 health-based ones put GOWANDA VILLAGE at the 74th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,413 of 12,903.
Against the NY average
GOWANDA VILLAGE's 5 health-based violations sit above 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
GOWANDA VILLAGE's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
The concern categories on record
GOWANDA 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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Barium
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
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 GOWANDA VILLAGE's record does not cover
GOWANDA VILLAGE'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. Between the utility's meter and GOWANDA VILLAGE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,413th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.