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Ulster County, New York

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NY111 · Ulster County 445 sys · 40,480 viol · #474/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 96.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 1.9% health
  • RANK-TOP #474/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 10.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 92%
  • SYS-LARGE 445 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Ulster County ranks #474 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #19 of 58 counties in New York. See methodology · corpus placement.

Ulster County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.2% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 1.9% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 10.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #474 of 3,254 · #19 of 58 in New York.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Ulster County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Niagara · lowest Herkimer · near Hamilton · near Cortland · highest 38.1% 95.7% 96% 96.2% 96.6% 96.8% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Kingston (City) Water District 24,000 61 Detected
New Paltz (Village) Water Dist 7,523 121 Clean
Ulster Water District 5,500 67 Clean
Port Ewen Water District 4,500 68 Clean
Ellenville (Village) Water Dis 4,300 235 Clean
Saugerties (Village) Water Dis 4,200 168 Clean
Glasco Water District 4,071 60 Clean
Highland Water District 4,000 45 Clean
Marlborough Water District 3,248 86 -
Eastern/Ulster Correctional Fa 2,578 84 -
Woodstock Water District 2,400 11 -
Hurley Water Co 2,200 9 -
Rosendale Water District 2,200 278 -
Watchtower Farms I 1,800 6 -
Greenfield Resort 1,750 142 -
Golden Hill Water District 1,600 9 -
Wallkill Water District 1,500 106 -
Onteora High School 1,300 170 -
Wallkill/Shawangunk Correction 1,200 294 Clean
Ulster County Community Col 997 181 -
Lake Mohonk Mountain House 880 110 -
New Paltz (Town) Water Distric 810 16 -
Rondout Valley Middle School 777 37 -
Camp Rav Tov-Napanoch 750 89 -
Forest Park #1 750 147 -
Minnewaska State Park Visitor Center 747 0 -
Highland High School 689 442 -
Frost Valley YMCA 688 137 -
Jellystone Park at Birchwood Acres 650 20 -
Rondout Valley High School 622 68 -
Kingsvale Water Co 600 14 Clean
Lenape Elementary School 588 70 -
Plattekill Elementary School 550 483 -
Camp Rav Tov-Dairyland 550 86 -
Hudson Valley Water Co #1 525 41 -
Camp Bnos Belz 500 70 -
Camp Rav Tov-Kerhonkson 500 83 -
Wawarsing WD 500 0 -
Kerhonkson Water District 495 439 -
Machne Rav Tov Cherrytown 495 94 -
Pine Hill Water Company 477 103 -
Nys Office of Children & Family Services 470 25 -
Camp Rav Tov-Ulster Heights 470 77 -
Malden Water District 460 29 -
Aloha Home Acres 452 78 -
Phoenicia Water District 450 176 -
Ken Wilson State Park 450 9 -
High Falls Water District 426 19 -
Rondout Valley Camping Resort 411 93 -
Glenerie Water District 410 0 -

Compare beyond New York

Mid-flagged peers for Ulster County

Cross-state counties nearest Ulster County on flagged-system share (96.2%) and cumulative violation count (40,480). 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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