SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY: EPA violation history, explained
SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 26,525 people get their water from it, across 7,266 connections.
How this compares nationally
SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY has 11 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,473th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 50th percentile nationally.
How SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY compares within NY
SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY's 2 health-based violations sit within the NY average of 4.1, across 443 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2010-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SARATOGA SPRINGS 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)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Atrazine
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
Everything on this page is SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY'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 SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,473th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.