Community Water System · PWS NY0400340
Gowanda Village
Operator location Gowanda, New York - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 217 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,800 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,800
- People served (this PWS)
- 217
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 20
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Gowanda Village standing, high SDWIS violation third
217 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 9% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,132 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Gowanda Village sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (217), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,800 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 9% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,132 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #370 of 1,204
- Population · NY
- 217
- Total EPA violations on record
- 9%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,447
- County
- Cattaraugus
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 193
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 16
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MR | 17 | 2021 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 17 | 2021 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | TT | 12 | 2022 |
| Barium | MCL | 4 | 2015 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 4 | 2016 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2018 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Toluene | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Dalapon | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Simazine | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Aldicarb | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 3 | 2010 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Gowanda Village has 217 recorded EPA violations, 86% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 13% carry more. 9% of this system's own violations are health-based (20 of 217), and it ranks #11,132 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
217 Higher than most more violations than 86% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Gowanda Village
217 violations on record for NY0400340; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · New York State Department of Health, Public Water Systems
Nationwide peers
217 violations · 2,800 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Gowanda Village
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