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Franklin County, New York

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NY033 · Franklin County 89 sys · 3,172 viol · #1129/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 93.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 17.2% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1129/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 96%
  • SYS-MID 89 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Steuben County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Franklin County ranks #1,129 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #45 of 58 counties in New York. See methodology · corpus placement.

Franklin County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 93.3% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 17.2% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,129 of 3,254 · #45 of 58 in New York.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Franklin County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Niagara · lowest Franklin · this county Schuyler · near Cortland · highest 38.1% 93.1% 93.3% 93.4% 93.7% 93.7% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Malone V 13,232 28 Clean
Tupper Lake V 5,500 479 Clean
Saranac Lake V 5,345 59 Clean
Salmon River Central School 1,600 41 -
Chateaugay V 1,100 66 -
Paul Smiths College 1,100 40 -
St Regis Falls WD 980 86 -
Fort Covington WD 900 24 -
Brushton-Moira Central School 900 67 -
Fish Creek Spc 700 20 -
Rollins Pond Spc 600 2 -
High Falls Park Campground 500 97 -
Young Lifes Saranac Village 425 23 -
St Regis Falls Sportsmans Club 378 7 -
Bangor WD 375 149 -
The Barn at Bracys 300 0 -
Ponderosa Campsite 300 76 -
Titus Mountain 275 84 -
Burke V 273 39 -
Buck Pond Spc 240 2 -
Meacham Lake Spc 224 2 -
Donaldsons Campground 200 19 -
Babbling Brook RV Park 175 15 -
Thayers Corners WD 160 28 -
Jocks Mobile Estate 160 67 -
Agri-Mark Inc 150 27 -
Camp Eagle Island 125 1 -
Saranac Inn Golf & Country Clb 120 40 -
Brainardsville WD 115 41 -
Kate Mountain Park 100 9 -
Countryside Community Mp Inc 100 52 -
Pine Ridge Campsite 100 19 -
Rustic Charm Event Barn 100 0 -
La Vida 98 35 -
Scottys Diner 95 10 -
Birch Park 90 16 -
Great View Motel 86 13 -
Deer River Campsite, Inc 82 6 -
St Lawrence Univ Conf Center 80 35 -
Highland Greens Indoor Golf Course 75 10 -
Charlies Inn 75 14 -
Paul Smiths Outpost 60 26 -
St Marys Church 50 3 -
Dollar General Store #16269 - Moira 50 6 -
US Border Patrol Station 50 6 -
Firehouse Pizzeria 50 64 -
Camp Bedford 50 23 -
Colgate Univ Camp 50 19 -
Junction Campsite 50 13 -
Brushton-Moira American Legion 50 82 -

Compare beyond New York

Mid-flagged peers for Franklin County

Cross-state counties nearest Franklin County on flagged-system share (93.3%) and cumulative violation count (3,172). 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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