Is SYRACUSE WATER COMPANY's water safe to drink?
SYRACUSE WATER COMPANY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,810 people get their water from it, across 1,505 connections.
SYRACUSE WATER COMPANY's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SYRACUSE WATER COMPANY ranks 4,048th by violation burden (69th percentile) - 41 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
How SYRACUSE WATER COMPANY compares within IN
IN's 283 covered systems average 2.9 health-based violations each; SYRACUSE WATER COMPANY carries 4, more than typical for the state. 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 SYRACUSE WATER COMPANY is from 2014-01-08 (health-based: 2014-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SYRACUSE WATER COMPANY'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
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
SYRACUSE WATER COMPANY'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. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for SYRACUSE WATER COMPANY - 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.