ROCHESTER CITY: EPA violation history, explained
ROCHESTER CITY has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. 210,000 people get their water from it, across 62,000 connections.
ROCHESTER CITY's record against the rest of the country
5 total violations and 2 health-based ones put ROCHESTER CITY at the 47th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,829 of 12,903.
How ROCHESTER CITY compares within NY
Among the 443 NY systems in this dataset, the average is 4.1 health-based violations - ROCHESTER CITY's 2 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ROCHESTER CITY is from 2025-01-01 (health-based: 2025-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ROCHESTER 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what ROCHESTER 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 ROCHESTER CITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,829th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.