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Wayne County, New York

34 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 86,692 people in Wayne County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

34
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
2,331
Total violations Middle third of counties
97.1%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
12.5%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (8 tested) Middle third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NY117 · Wayne County 34 sys · 2,331 viol · #642/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 97.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 8.6% health
  • RANK-TOP #642/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 12.5% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 59%
  • SYS-SMALL 34 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Clinton County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wayne County ranks #642 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #29 of 58 counties in New York. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wayne County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.1% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 8.6% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 12.5% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #642 of 3,254 · #29 of 58 in New York.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Wayne County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Niagara · lowest Clinton · near Fulton · near Cortland · highest 38.1% 96.8% 97% 97.1% 97.4% 97.4% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Palmyra-Macedon-Walworth CSA 24,267 12 Clean
Ontario Town Benefit Area #1 10,136 21 Clean
Newark Village 9,142 83 Clean
Sodus-Huron-Wolcott-Butler CSA 7,746 30 Detected
Williamson Town WD 6,600 49 Clean
Marion-Arcadia-Sodus CSA 6,303 10 Clean
Arcadia-Lyons CSA 5,800 1 Clean
Palmyra Village 3,580 55 Clean
Clyde Village 2,269 46 -
Wolcott Village 2,200 159 -
Rose - North Rose WD 1,975 64 -
Sodus Village 1,709 11 -
Sodus Point Village 1,500 40 -
Savannah WD #1 950 24 -
Red Creek Village 600 141 -
Nor-Win Campgrounds & Fruit Farm 220 59 -
Palmyra South Sa 204 9 -
Eagle Island Homeowners Association 200 57 -
Lake Bluff Campground 180 76 -
Wolcott-Butler CSA 168 18 -
Piney Woods Campground 165 40 -
Ingersoll Drive Sa 130 0 -
Wayne Hills Country Club 125 118 -
Holiday Harbor Resort 100 65 -
Cahoon Farms Processing Plant 100 415 -
Wafler Farms 65 210 -
Cahoon - Clapper Road Camp 40 36 -
Fowler Bros Slaght Road 40 75 -
Red Creek North Sa 40 4 -
Vanfleet Farm 32 33 -
E. Fremouw & Son #2 29 56 -
Cahoon - East Bay Road 27 151 -
Rays Dairy 25 118 -
Agpro Farms #2 25 45 -

Compare beyond New York

Mid-flagged peers for Wayne County

Cross-state counties nearest Wayne County on flagged-system share (97.1%) and cumulative violation count (2,331). 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

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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