Is HOUGHTON WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
HOUGHTON WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,000, over 250 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, HOUGHTON WATER DISTRICT ranks 1,172th by violation burden (91th percentile) - 24 violations total, 16 health-baseds.
How HOUGHTON WATER DISTRICT compares within NY
HOUGHTON WATER DISTRICT's 16 health-based violations sit above the NY average of 4.1, across 443 systems statewide. 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 HOUGHTON WATER DISTRICT is from 2019-01-01 (health-based: 2011-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HOUGHTON WATER DISTRICT'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:
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
The most severe category on record is other regulated metals, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is HOUGHTON WATER DISTRICT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 16 health-based violations on file for HOUGHTON WATER DISTRICT - 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.