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Hamilton County, New York

88 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 14,618 people in Hamilton County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

88
SDWIS water systems Larger third of counties
3,822
Total violations Upper third of counties
96.6%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
-
UCMR5 PFAS (none tested) No UCMR5 tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NY041 · Hamilton County 88 sys · 3,822 viol · #2039/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 96.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 9.7% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2039/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 97%
  • SYS-MID 88 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Hamilton County ranks #2,039 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #57 of 58 counties in New York. See methodology · corpus placement.

Hamilton County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.6% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 9.7% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Hamilton County . Population served ranks #2,039 of 3,254 · #57 of 58 in New York.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Hamilton County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Niagara · lowest Hamilton · this county Clinton · near Cortland · highest 38.1% 96.2% 96.6% 96.8% 97% 97.1% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Mid-flagged peers for Hamilton County

Cross-state counties nearest Hamilton County on flagged-system share (96.6%) and cumulative violation count (3,822). 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.

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Similar violation load

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

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

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