Is MALONE V's water safe to drink?
MALONE V has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 13,232 people get their water from it, across 2,819 connections.
MALONE V's record against the rest of the country
23 total violations and 2 health-based ones put MALONE V at the 52th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,169 of 12,903.
How MALONE V compares within NY
NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; MALONE V carries 2, 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 MALONE V is from 2003-01-01 (health-based: 2003-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MALONE 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is MALONE 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 MALONE V's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,169th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.