How many water violations are in Clinton County?

Clinton County has 17,406 total drinking water violations across 164 water systems, of which 929 are health-based violations. 97.0% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Clinton County systems?

Water systems in Clinton County serve approximately 109,907 people through 164 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Clinton County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 1 of 3 tested systems in Clinton County had at least one PFAS detection (33.3% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 164 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Clinton County?

Water systems in Clinton County use GW (157 systems), SW (7 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 5.3% of Clinton County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Clinton County in the lower health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does Clinton County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Clinton County ranks #536 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #25 of 58 counties in New York. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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Clinton County, New York

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NY019 · Clinton County 164 sys · 17,406 viol · #536/3254

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

VIOL-SEVERE 97.0% flagged
HEALTH-LOW 5.3% health
RANK-TOP #536/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 96%
SYS-LARGE 164 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Wayne County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Clinton County ranks #536 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #25 of 58 counties in New York. See methodology · corpus placement.

Clinton County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.3% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #536 of 3,254 · #25 of 58 in New York.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Clinton County Fair	25,000	22	-
Plattsburgh City	24,173	154	Detected
Greater Plattsburgh Water District	11,162	456	Clean
Clinton Correctional Facility	4,900	163	Clean
Airborne Speedway	3,000	173	-
Champlain Village	2,947	36	-
Peru WD	2,700	466	-
Rouses Point Village WD	2,550	236	-
Beekmantown Central School	2,500	42	-
Morrisonville Water District	1,300	74	-
Dannemora Village	1,228	30	-
Northern Adirondack Cen. Sch.	1,154	379	-
Saranac JR/SR High School	1,071	44	-
Rainbow Sys 1 Blue & White Room	1,000	59	-
Rainbow Sys 2 Gold Room	1,000	2	-
Rainbow Sys 3 Brookside Barn	1,000	2	-
Ausable Valley Middle/High School	875	342	-
Cadyville Water District	843	7	-
Montys Bay Campsite/Gilbert Brk. Marina	764	88	-
Lyon Mountain Water Dist	750	435	-
Twin Ells Campsite	720	8	-
Chazy Water District	690	192	-
Altona Correctional Facility	650	184	-
Black Brook WD #1	594	9	-
Blue Haven Campground - Northside	550	67	-
Blue Haven Campground - Southside	550	6	-
Mooers Elementary School	545	77	-
Redford Water District	500	205	-
Kings Bay Campsite	500	72	-
Harkness Church	500	7	-
Saranac Elementary School	488	37	-
Woods Mills Water District	450	33	-
Ranch Side Park	400	33	-
Ausable Point Campsite	400	34	-
Southeast Beekmantown Water District	400	22	-
Mooers Camp Meeting Assn.	330	47	-
Peru VFW Post 309	315	163	-
Iroquois Campground - Center Well System	312	40	-
Macomb State Park - Day Use Area	300	70	-
Marine Village Cottages	300	57	-
Valcour Inn and Boathouse	300	150	-
Macomb State Park - Campground	300	6	-
Lazy Days Campsite - System 1	268	29	-
Lake View Campsite	250	43	-
VFW Post 1418	250	56	-
Adirondack Golf & Country Club	250	171	-
Montys Bay Cafe & Marina	250	117	-
American Legion Post 1618 (Saranac)	250	57	-
Douglas Corp - Beach System	237	229	-
Chazy Orchards Palmer/Lakeshor	233	41	-

Compare beyond New York

Mid-flagged peers for Clinton County

Cross-state counties nearest Clinton County on flagged-system share (97.0%) and cumulative violation count (17,406). 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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