HORSEHEADS VILLAGE: EPA violation history, explained

HORSEHEADS VILLAGE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 15,000, over 3,641 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

249 total violations and 4 health-based ones put HORSEHEADS VILLAGE at the 70th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,873 of 12,903.

How HORSEHEADS VILLAGE compares within NY

NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; HORSEHEADS VILLAGE carries 4, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for HORSEHEADS VILLAGE is from 2022-01-12 (health-based: 2021-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

HORSEHEADS 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: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule

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

HORSEHEADS 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. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for HORSEHEADS VILLAGE - 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.