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Tompkins County, New York

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NY109 · Tompkins County 112 sys · 1,977 viol · #564/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 89.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 9.9% health
  • RANK-TOP #564/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±1.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 87%
  • SYS-MID 112 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Jefferson County (+ 1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Tompkins County ranks #564 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #26 of 58 counties in New York. See methodology · corpus placement.

Tompkins County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 89.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 9.9% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #564 of 3,254 · #26 of 58 in New York.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Tompkins County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Niagara · lowest Lewis · near Jefferson · near Cortland · highest 38.1% 88% 88.2% 89.3% 90.3% 91% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Cornell University 31,581 31 Clean
Ithaca City 29,457 28 Clean
Ithaca Town WD 13,000 14 Detected
Cayuga Heights Village 3,170 0 -
Lansing (V) 3,100 0 -
Lansing (T) Consolidated WD 3,000 0 -
Groton Village 2,470 11 -
Trumansburg Village 2,300 22 -
Newfield Wds 2,300 4 -
Dryden Village 2,000 177 -
Dryden WD 725 0 -
Pinecreek Campground 495 29 -
Hanshaw Village MHP 447 17 -
Treman State Park-Upper 400 22 -
Ulysses WD #3 400 22 -
Caroline Elementary School 350 14 -
Ithaca Estates 342 4 -
Enfield Elementary School 282 11 -
West Danby WD 265 15 -
Country Acres MHP 253 10 -
Little Creek MHP 252 23 -
Yellow Barn WD 250 16 -
William George Agency 250 5 -
Village Taqueria 220 18 -
Sandy Creek Mobile Home Park 215 6 -
Buttermilk Falls State Park - Upper 200 17 -
Dandy Mini Mart #33-C 200 7 -
Dandy Mini-Mart #47-F 200 6 -
Newfield Estates 160 24 -
McLean-Cassavant Elementary School 152 7 -
Spruce Row Campground 150 16 -
Freeville Elementary School 133 8 -
Elm Tree Inn 129 2 -
Pleasant View MHP 125 1 -
Beaconview MHP 110 46 -
Country Gardens Apartments 110 19 -
Creekwood Apartments 110 9 -
Stork H & E Turbo Blading 110 4 -
Ithaca Yacht Club 100 37 -
Groton Golf and Recreation Association 100 18 -
Willow Glen Christian School 100 3 -
Franziska Racker Centers 100 26 -
Dandy Mini Mart #77-E 100 5 -
Subway Dryden 100 9 -
Khmer Angkor 100 13 -
Frosty Cow 100 15 -
Dollar General Enfield 100 0 -
Fall Creek Park 90 4 -
Seabring Inn 80 38 -
Hillview Terrace MHP 80 11 -

Compare beyond New York

Lower-flagged peers for Tompkins County

Cross-state counties nearest Tompkins County on flagged-system share (89.3%) and cumulative violation count (1,977). 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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