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Columbia County, New York

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NY021 · Columbia County 202 sys · 14,204 viol · #522/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 1.6% health
  • RANK-TOP #522/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 99%
  • SYS-LARGE 202 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Columbia County ranks #522 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #24 of 58 counties in New York. See methodology · corpus placement.

Columbia County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 1.6% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #522 of 3,254 · #24 of 58 in New York.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Columbia County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Niagara · lowest Greene · near Cortland · highest 38.1% 99.2% 99.5% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Chatham Fair Water Distribution 53,700 10 -
Martin Van Buren Historical House 18,000 69 -
Hudson City 6,750 26 Clean
Greenport WD No1 4,050 101 Clean
Lake Taghkanic State Park 2,500 60 -
Taconic Hills School 2,500 80 -
Chatham Village 2,156 25 -
Valatie Village 2,000 33 -
Stockport WD #2 (Consolidated) 2,000 60 -
Philmont Village 1,750 122 -
Kinderhook Village 1,385 10 -
Waubeeka Family Campground 1,000 54 -
Taconic Shores 950 174 -
Columbia - Greene Community College 950 29 -
Camp Pontiac 900 25 -
Germantown Central School 700 68 -
Taconic State Park 600 45 -
Mount Ida (Greenport) 485 17 -
Spacious Skies Woodland Hills LLC 448 33 -
Together for Youth (Berkshire Farm) 420 66 -
Camp Scatico 380 9 -
New Lebanon High School 375 46 -
New Lebanon Elementary School 350 89 -
Hawthorne Valley School 350 159 -
Copake Camping Resort 325 28 -
Grandview Water Works 325 92 -
Taconic Biosciences 264 71 -
Lebanon Valley Concessionaires 250 28 -
Ginsberg Inc. 250 16 -
Camphill Village USA Inc 235 71 -
Kinderhook Commons 230 153 -
Golden Acres Owner LLC 210 68 -
Jacksons Old Chatham House 200 58 -
Crellin Town of Chatham 200 59 -
Churchtown Fire Company #1 200 44 -
Machaydn Theatre Inc 200 27 -
Olana State Historic Site 200 40 -
Camp Anne 200 35 -
Claverack Water District 200 45 -
Four Brothers 185 27 -
Four Brothers Pizza, Inc. 154 45 -
Darrow School (Wickersham)) 150 64 -
Community @ Bells Pond 150 318 -
Mountain Road Camp 150 41 -
Darrow School North Family Wl (Meacham) 150 17 -
Maple Lane Associates 147 70 -
Hill Water Works Corp 140 47 -
Little Cat Lodge 125 51 -
Coarc-Evergreen Hall 125 44 -
Stone Bridge Estates LLC 120 395 -

Compare beyond New York

Mid-flagged peers for Columbia County

Cross-state counties nearest Columbia County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (14,204). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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