Is LAKE PLACID V's water safe to drink?
LAKE PLACID V has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 5,000 people through 2,200 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
34 total violations and 1 health-based ones put LAKE PLACID V at the 41th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,606 of 12,903.
Against the NY average
LAKE PLACID V's 1 health-based violations sit within 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
LAKE PLACID V's most recent violation on record is dated 1999-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 1992-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
The concern categories on record
LAKE PLACID V'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: 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 LAKE PLACID V's record does not cover
Everything on this page is LAKE PLACID V'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 LAKE PLACID V's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,606th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.