Is HALFMOON WATER DISTRICT (TROY)'s water safe to drink?
HALFMOON WATER DISTRICT (TROY) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 15,000 people get their water from it, across 7,000 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, HALFMOON WATER DISTRICT (TROY) ranks 5,119th by violation burden (60th percentile) - 15 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
Against the NY average
NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; HALFMOON WATER DISTRICT (TROY) 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
HALFMOON WATER DISTRICT (TROY)'s most recent violation on record is dated 2016-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2007-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
The concern categories on record
HALFMOON WATER DISTRICT (TROY)'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What HALFMOON WATER DISTRICT (TROY)'s record does not cover
HALFMOON WATER DISTRICT (TROY)'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 HALFMOON WATER DISTRICT (TROY)'s customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,119th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.