ITHACA CITY: EPA violation history, explained
ITHACA CITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 29,457 people through 5,518 service connections.
ITHACA CITY's record against the rest of the country
10 total violations and 6 health-based ones put ITHACA CITY at the 75th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,254 of 12,903.
Against the NY average
NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; ITHACA CITY carries 6, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
ITHACA CITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2020-01-02. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
The concern categories on record
ITHACA CITY'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
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Chlorine dioxide
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: 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 ITHACA CITY's record does not cover
ITHACA CITY'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 ITHACA CITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,254th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.