Is SKANEATELES WDS's water safe to drink?
SKANEATELES WDS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 3,500 people through 984 service connections.
SKANEATELES WDS's record against the rest of the country
SKANEATELES WDS has 22 violations on record in total, 18 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,034th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 92th percentile nationally.
How SKANEATELES WDS compares within NY
SKANEATELES WDS's 18 health-based violations sit above the NY average of 4.1, across 443 systems statewide. 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 SKANEATELES WDS is from 2024-01-01 (health-based: 2024-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SKANEATELES WDS'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 SKANEATELES WDS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 22 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.