What's in RENSSELAER CITY PWS's water?
RENSSELAER CITY PWS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 9,300 people get their water from it, across 3,200 connections.
RENSSELAER CITY PWS's record against the rest of the country
RENSSELAER CITY PWS has 9 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,435th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 66th percentile nationally.
How RENSSELAER CITY PWS compares within NY
RENSSELAER CITY PWS's 4 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 RENSSELAER CITY PWS is from 2022-01-01 (health-based: 2022-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RENSSELAER CITY PWS'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what RENSSELAER CITY PWS 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 9 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.