Is PINE BUSH WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
PINE BUSH WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 7,600 people get their water from it, across 500 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
41 total violations and 1 health-based ones put PINE BUSH WATER DISTRICT at the 42th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,518 of 12,903.
Against the NY average
PINE BUSH WATER DISTRICT's 1 health-based violations sit within the NY average of 4.1, across 443 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
PINE BUSH WATER DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-02, with the most recent health-based one dated 2015-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
The concern categories on record
PINE BUSH WATER DISTRICT'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 PINE BUSH WATER DISTRICT's record does not cover
This is what PINE BUSH WATER DISTRICT 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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for PINE BUSH WATER DISTRICT - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.