Is POUGHKEEPSIE CITY's water safe to drink?
POUGHKEEPSIE CITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 30,639 people get their water from it, across 6,900 connections.
How this compares nationally
POUGHKEEPSIE CITY has 6 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,760th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 48th percentile nationally.
How POUGHKEEPSIE CITY compares within NY
POUGHKEEPSIE CITY's 2 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
The last violation EPA has on record for POUGHKEEPSIE CITY is from 2017-01-01 (health-based: 2013-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
POUGHKEEPSIE CITY'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
This is what POUGHKEEPSIE 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 POUGHKEEPSIE CITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,760th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.