Is MCWA's water safe to drink?
MCWA has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. 525,262 people get their water from it, across 178,932 connections.
MCWA's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, MCWA ranks 9,063th by violation burden (30th percentile) - 2 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the NY average
MCWA's 1 health-based violations sit within the NY average of 4.1, across 443 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
MCWA's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
The concern categories on record
MCWA'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What MCWA's record does not cover
Everything on this page is MCWA's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 2 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.