DrinkingWaterCheck

MCWA - GENEVA: EPA violation history, explained

MCWA - GENEVA has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 8,532 people get their water from it, across 4,096 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

3 total violations and 2 health-based ones put MCWA - GENEVA at the 46th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,014 of 12,903.

How MCWA - GENEVA compares within NY

NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; MCWA - GENEVA carries 2, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for MCWA - GENEVA is from 2007-01-02 (health-based: 2006-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

MCWA - GENEVA'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:

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

MCWA - GENEVA'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 MCWA - GENEVA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,014th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.