Is SYRACUSE CITY WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
SYRACUSE CITY WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 35,561, over 10,091 connections.
SYRACUSE CITY WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
SYRACUSE CITY WATER SYSTEM has 72 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,746th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 63th percentile nationally.
How SYRACUSE CITY WATER SYSTEM compares within UT
UT's 145 covered systems average 2.8 health-based violations each; SYRACUSE CITY WATER SYSTEM carries 3, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for SYRACUSE CITY WATER SYSTEM is from 2023-01-01 (health-based: 2007-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SYRACUSE CITY WATER SYSTEM'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)
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
This is what SYRACUSE CITY WATER SYSTEM 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. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for SYRACUSE CITY WATER SYSTEM - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.