Is MALTA WATER DISTRICT #1's water safe to drink?
MALTA WATER DISTRICT #1 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 8,950 people get their water from it, across 2,789 connections.
MALTA WATER DISTRICT #1's record against the rest of the country
MALTA WATER DISTRICT #1 has 137 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,199th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 44th percentile nationally.
Against the NY average
NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; MALTA WATER DISTRICT #1 carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
MALTA WATER DISTRICT #1's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-01-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 2007-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
The concern categories on record
MALTA WATER DISTRICT #1'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)
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 MALTA WATER DISTRICT #1's record does not cover
MALTA WATER DISTRICT #1'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 MALTA WATER DISTRICT #1's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,199th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.