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Seneca County, New York

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NY099 · Seneca County 87 sys · 4,623 viol · #1437/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 3.4% health
  • RANK-MID #1437/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 60%
  • SYS-MID 87 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Broome County ( -0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Seneca County ranks #1,437 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #53 of 58 counties in New York. See methodology · corpus placement.

Seneca County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 3.4% 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 #1,437 of 3,254 · #53 of 58 in New York.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Seneca County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Niagara · lowest Seneca · this county Westchester · near Cortland · highest 38.1% 91.8% 92% 92.3% 92.3% 92.6% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Seneca Falls 9,400 110 Clean
Waterloo Village 7,000 110 Clean
Seneca County Water District #1 1,820 36 -
Border City Water District 1,600 33 -
Ovid Village 990 313 -
Interlaken Village 650 27 -
Lodi Point State Park 500 13 -
Cayuga Lake Water District # 3 432 16 -
Junius Water District #1 400 22 -
Willard Water District 372 24 -
Seneca Lake Water District #1 333 18 -
Town of Waterloo Water District 250 21 -
Fayette Water District #2 228 10 -
Romulus Water District 213 8 -
Ginny Lee Cafe 200 40 -
Burgess Road Water District 200 34 -
Seneca Ridge Events Center 200 0 -
Maple Grove Mennonite School 150 0 -
Varick Water District #4 150 11 -
Tyre Water District #1 150 7 -
Sunset on Seneca Campground 120 22 -
Simply Homemade 100 14 -
Fayette Water District #5 100 11 -
Fayette Water District #7 100 38 -
Fayette Water District #1 99 17 -
Cayuga Wine Trail Campground 80 69 -
Rivers Crossing Campground 75 32 -
Varick Water District 63 5 -
Fingerlakes Mobile Home Park 50 193 -
Willard Drug Treatment Center 50 14 -
Varick Water District #3 50 4 -
Fayette Mennonite School 50 92 -
Kidders Landing R.V. Park 50 127 -
Village Soft Serve 50 47 -
Finger Lakes Cider House 50 8 -
Three Brothers Winery 50 32 -
Junius Water District #3 50 5 -
Whitmer Farm 50 25 -
Fayette Water District #8 50 0 -
The Spotted Sandpiper 40 106 -
Lakeview Mennonite School 35 209 -
Omalleys Cabin on the Lake 30 196 -
South Pre-Emption Water District 30 0 -
Fingerlakes Cabins and Campground 25 80 -
Cedarwood 25 84 -
Rte 96 Diner 25 214 -
Junius Ponds Cabins/Campground 25 45 -
Bubblery 25 16 -
Montezuma Winery 25 12 -
Interlaken Sportsman Club 25 12 -

Compare beyond New York

Lower-flagged peers for Seneca County

Cross-state counties nearest Seneca County on flagged-system share (92.0%) and cumulative violation count (4,623). 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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