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Orange County, New York

Water Systems
449
Population Served
409,417
Total Violations
85,938
2,258 health-based
PFAS Detected
15
of 23 tested

Violation Analysis

98.0%
Systems with Violations
191.4
Avg Violations per System
2.6%
Health-Based Violations

Water Source Types

SW
27 systems (6%)
GW
23 systems (5%)

PFAS Contamination

23
Systems Tested
15
PFAS Detected
65.2%
Detection Rate

PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are persistent chemicals found in drinking water. The EPA has set enforceable limits for several PFAS compounds under UCMR5 monitoring.

Compliance Snapshot

Orange New York water systems by violation status, EPA SDWIS records.

No violations on record (2) One or more violations (48)

Violation history is cumulative, many flagged systems have already returned to compliance. Detail pages show per-system context.

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Kiryas Joel 46,477 635 Detected
Middletown City 30,000 30 Clean
Newburgh City 29,000 127 Clean
New Windsor Consolidated WD 25,667 90 Detected
Newburgh Consolidated WD 22,282 1,884 Detected
Wallkill Consolidated WD 18,450 472 -
Legoland New York 16,000 2 -
Monroe Village 12,000 339 Detected
Woodbury Cons. W.D. 10,845 232 Detected
Cornwall-On-Hudson 9,700 961 Detected
Port Jervis City 9,000 83 Clean
U.s.m.a. - Lusk System 8,000 7 Clean
Washingtonville Village 7,700 150 Clean
Pine Bush Water District 7,600 126 Clean
Walden Village 7,007 87 Clean
Warwick Village 6,800 41 Clean
Goshen Village 5,600 38 Clean
Harriman Village 5,000 141 Detected
Montgomery Village 4,519 0 Detected
Highland Falls Village 4,101 31 Clean
U.s.m.a. - Stoney Lonesome Sys 4,000 19 Clean
Bear Mountain Water Supply 3,564 216 -
Chester Village 3,448 206 Detected
South Blooming Grove Village WD 1 3,400 386 -
Minisink Valley School Dist. Water Loop 3,400 4 Clean
Greenwood Lake Village 3,383 425 -
Maybrook Village 3,150 488 -
Camp Buckner-Natural Bridge 3,000 14 -
Boces 3,000 42 -
Florida Village 2,884 147 -
Highlands Water District 2,200 17 -
Lake Hill Farms Water District 1,868 5 -
Blue Lake 1,850 44 -
Westside Greenwood Lake W.D. 1,700 104 -
Pakanasink Elementary School 1,600 43 -
Valley Central High School 1,600 108 -
Montgomery W.D. #1 1,500 149 -
Valley Central Middle School 1,250 28 -
Federal Correctional Inst. 1,225 92 -
Wickham Village 1,147 172 -
Kings Estates 1,144 185 -
Tuxedo Park Village 1,100 26 -
Otisville Village 1,090 91 -
Indian Kill 1,000 8 -
Lake Stahahe WS 1,000 35 -
Sheri Torah Girls School (Glenwood) 1,000 27 -
Amazon Swf1 1,000 0 -
Lake Tiorati WS 999 75 -
Nys Thruway - Plattekill/Modena Area 999 165 -
Sanfordville Elementary School 945 6 -

Other Counties in New York

Richmond County
1 systems · 8,271,000 served · 47 violations
Suffolk County
152 systems · 1,387,905 served · 3,402 violations
Nassau County
44 systems · 1,387,489 served · 7,471 violations
Westchester County
274 systems · 992,853 served · 15,832 violations
Erie County
108 systems · 955,615 served · 7,606 violations
Onondaga County
88 systems · 615,889 served · 2,561 violations

Drinking Water Guides

Frequently Asked Questions

How many water violations are in Orange County? ▼
Orange County has 85,938 total drinking water violations across 449 water systems, of which 2,258 are health-based violations. 98.0% of systems have at least one violation.
How many people get water from Orange County systems? ▼
Water systems in Orange County serve approximately 409,417 people through 449 public water systems.
Has PFAS been detected in Orange County water? ▼
Of 23 water systems tested for PFAS in Orange County, 15 had PFAS detected (65.2% detection rate).
What types of water sources supply Orange County? ▼
Water systems in Orange County use SW (27 systems), GW (23 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. 2.6% of Orange County's violations are health-based. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.
Data Sources & Methodology

Drinking water violation data from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). PFAS testing data from the UCMR5 monitoring program. SDWIS tracks all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Violations are categorized as health-based (Maximum Contaminant Level exceedances, treatment technique failures) or monitoring/reporting violations. Not all violations indicate an immediate health risk.

Read our methodology - 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 Editorial

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on EPA SDWIS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.