Olean City, NY Water Quality
Olean City: EPA violation history, explained
Olean City's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. Population served: 14,500, over 6,300 connections.
How this compares nationally
Olean City has 3 violations on record in total, 0 of them health-based - ranking it 11,618th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 10th percentile nationally.
How Olean City compares within NY
Olean City's 0 health-based violations sit within the NY average of 4.3, across 452 systems statewide. 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 Olean City is from 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What this data is and is not
This is what Olean City 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 Olean City's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 11,618th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.