Is WA OF WESTERN NASSAU's water safe to drink?
WA OF WESTERN NASSAU has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 120,000, over 27,875 connections.
WA OF WESTERN NASSAU's record against the rest of the country
6 total violations and 1 health-based ones put WA OF WESTERN NASSAU at the 34th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,522 of 12,903.
How WA OF WESTERN NASSAU compares within NY
NY's 443 covered systems average 4.1 health-based violations each; WA OF WESTERN NASSAU carries 1, 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 WA OF WESTERN NASSAU is from 2018-01-10 (health-based: 2011-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/25/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WA OF WESTERN NASSAU'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
Everything on this page is WA OF WESTERN NASSAU's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for WA OF WESTERN NASSAU - 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.