Is SARANAC LAKE V's water safe to drink?
SARANAC LAKE V has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 5,345 people get their water from it, across 2,300 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
34 total violations and 4 health-based ones put SARANAC LAKE V at the 68th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,087 of 12,903.
Against the NY average
NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; SARANAC LAKE V carries 4, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
SARANAC LAKE V's most recent violation on record is dated 2016-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-08-05. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
The concern categories on record
SARANAC LAKE V'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What SARANAC LAKE V's record does not cover
This is what SARANAC LAKE V 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 SARANAC LAKE V's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,087th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.