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Community Water System · PWS NY0801750

South Otselic Water District

Operator location South Otselic, New York - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 300 people served; 25 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

300
People served (this PWS)
25
EPA violations (this PWS)
5
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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South Otselic Water District standing, mid SDWIS violation third

300 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 20% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

South Otselic Water District lands in the middle third by violation volume (25), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (300; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 20% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

25
Total EPA violations on record
20%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
300
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

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
100
County
Chenango
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
5
Monitoring Violations
6
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MCL 5 2001
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 3 2008
TTHM MR 3 2008

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

South Otselic Water District has 25 recorded EPA violations, 37% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 62% carry more. 20% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 25), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

25 Lower than most fewer violations than 62% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for South Otselic Water District

EPA SDWIS lists 300 people served and 100 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · New York State Department of Health, Public Water Systems

Nationwide peers

25 violations · 300 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with South Otselic Water District

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in New York compares on the same EPA violation measures. New York systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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