Is TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?

TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD WATER DEPARTMENT's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 110,000 people get their water from it, across 34,956 connections.

TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country

1 total violations and 0 health-based ones put TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD WATER DEPARTMENT at the 5th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 12,244 of 12,903.

How TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD WATER DEPARTMENT compares within NY

NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD WATER DEPARTMENT carries 0, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

What this data is and is not

Everything on this page is TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD WATER DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 0 health-based violations on file for TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD WATER DEPARTMENT - 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.