Is STILLWATER TOWN (SCWA)'s water safe to drink?
STILLWATER TOWN (SCWA) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,000 people get their water from it, across 1,100 connections.
STILLWATER TOWN (SCWA)'s record against the rest of the country
3 total violations and 2 health-based ones put STILLWATER TOWN (SCWA) at the 45th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,036 of 12,903.
How STILLWATER TOWN (SCWA) compares within NY
NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; STILLWATER TOWN (SCWA) carries 2, not more than typical for the state. 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 STILLWATER TOWN (SCWA) is from 2020-01-09 (health-based: 2018-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
STILLWATER TOWN (SCWA)'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what STILLWATER TOWN (SCWA) 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 STILLWATER TOWN (SCWA)'s customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,036th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.