Is ST JAMES WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?

ST JAMES WATER DISTRICT's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 10,587 people get their water from it, across 3,025 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

ST JAMES WATER DISTRICT has 3 violations on record in total, 0 of thems health-based - ranking it 11,635th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 10th percentile nationally.

How ST JAMES WATER DISTRICT compares within NY

Among the 443 NY systems in this dataset, the average is 4.1 health-based violations - ST JAMES WATER DISTRICT's 0 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for ST JAMES WATER DISTRICT is from 2014-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.

What this data is and is not

ST JAMES WATER DISTRICT's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and ST JAMES WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 11,635th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.