Is MCWA GENESEE's water safe to drink?

MCWA GENESEE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 16,541 people get their water from it, across 6,931 connections.

MCWA GENESEE's record against the rest of the country

MCWA GENESEE has 1 violation on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 9,195th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 29th percentile nationally.

How MCWA GENESEE compares within NY

NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; MCWA GENESEE carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for MCWA GENESEE is from 2004-01-09 (health-based: 2004-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

MCWA GENESEE'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 this data is and is not

This is what MCWA GENESEE reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and MCWA GENESEE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,195th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.