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Monroe County, New York

19 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 263,490 people in Monroe County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

19
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
190
Total violations Lower third of counties
63.2%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
25.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (4 tested) Middle third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NY055 · Monroe County 19 sys · 190 viol · #265/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 63.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 12.1% health
  • RANK-TOP #265/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-MID 25.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 63%
  • SYS-SMALL 19 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Monroe County ranks #265 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #11 of 58 counties in New York. See methodology · corpus placement.

Monroe County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 63.2% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 12.1% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 25.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #265 of 3,254 · #11 of 58 in New York.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Monroe County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Niagara · lowest Genesee · near Suffolk · near Cortland · highest 38.1% 63.2% 63.3% 79.6% 80.9% 82.6% 100%

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

Water Systems

Compare beyond New York

Lower-flagged peers for Monroe County

Cross-state counties nearest Monroe County on flagged-system share (63.2%) and cumulative violation count (190). 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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