Is PORT WASHINGTON WD's water safe to drink?
PORT WASHINGTON WD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 34,000, over 8,575 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
146 total violations and 1 health-based ones put PORT WASHINGTON WD at the 44th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,187 of 12,903.
Against the NY average
PORT WASHINGTON WD'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
PORT WASHINGTON WD's most recent violation on record is dated 2013-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
The concern categories on record
PORT WASHINGTON WD'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 PORT WASHINGTON WD's record does not cover
Everything on this page is PORT WASHINGTON WD's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and PORT WASHINGTON WD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,187th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.