Is GUILDERLAND TOWN WD's water safe to drink?
GUILDERLAND TOWN WD had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 30,000, over 13,500 connections.
GUILDERLAND TOWN WD's record against the rest of the country
29 total violations and 18 health-based ones put GUILDERLAND TOWN WD at the 92th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,020 of 12,903.
Against the NY average
GUILDERLAND TOWN WD's 18 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
GUILDERLAND TOWN WD's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
The concern categories on record
GUILDERLAND TOWN WD'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 GUILDERLAND TOWN WD's record does not cover
Everything on this page is GUILDERLAND TOWN WD'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 GUILDERLAND TOWN WD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,020th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.