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Albany County, New York

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NY001 · Albany County 68 sys · 5,792 viol · #229/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 94.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 4.6% health
  • RANK-TOP #229/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 30.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 75%
  • SYS-MID 68 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Essex County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Albany County ranks #229 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #10 of 58 counties in New York. See methodology · corpus placement.

Albany County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 94.1% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 4.6% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 30.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #229 of 3,254 · #10 of 58 in New York.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Albany County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Albany County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Niagara · lowest Schuyler · near Essex · near Cortland · highest 38.1% 93.7% 93.7% 94.1% 94.2% 94.3% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Albany City 98,000 8 Clean
Latham Water District 85,590 28 Clean
Bethlehem WD No 1 31,000 53 Clean
Guilderland Town WD 30,000 57 Clean
Cohoes City 16,883 66 Clean
Watervliet City 9,889 42 Clean
Colonie Village 8,030 25 Detected
Menands Village 4,500 20 Clean
Ravena Village 4,500 15 Detected
Voorheesville Village 3,100 231 Detected
Green Island Village 2,900 20 -
Altamont, Village 2,000 18 -
Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District 650 156 -
Feura Bush WD 450 1 -
Rolling Hills MHP 444 35 -
Clarksville Water District 430 63 -
Kensington Woods WD 422 0 -
Northeast W.D. 370 92 -
New Salem WD 350 0 -
Woodstock Lake Campground 300 12 -
Colonie Country Club 300 24 -
Thompsons Lake Campground 280 12 -
Camp Pinnacle 250 145 -
Wildwood School 225 103 -
Westerlo Town Water Supply 220 149 -
Rensselaerville WD 200 87 -
Flemings Mobile Home Park 200 129 -
Motel 6 200 11 -
Pine Ridge Estates 175 36 -
Sycamore Country Club 125 61 -
Heldervale Water District 117 1 -
Pine Mobile Home Park 110 102 -
Hannay Reels 105 3 -
Colonie County Club Estates WD 102 6 -
John Boyd Thacher State Park 100 72 -
Swift Road WD 100 1 -
South Albany Water District 80 0 -
Kountry Knolls 80 143 -
Vince Annas Restaurant 60 65 -
Knoxville Park 60 249 -
Carey Institute for Global Good 60 25 -
Green Acres MHP 55 444 -
Reinharts Shell Inn 55 92 -
Stewarts #277 51 7 -
Leaning Evergreen MHP 50 43 -
Maple on the Lake 50 88 -
Elegant Touch 50 104 -
Albany Obedience Club 50 37 -
Babbling Brook, The 45 18 -
Black Sheep Honey Company, The 45 18 -

Compare beyond New York

Mid-flagged peers for Albany County

Cross-state counties nearest Albany County on flagged-system share (94.1%) and cumulative violation count (5,792). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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