Question 1

Is Taconic Shores water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Taconic Shores (PWS ID: NY1000237) has 174 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 950 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Taconic Shores serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Taconic Shores serves 950 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Copake or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 400 service connections. The operator address is listed in Copake, New York.

Question 3

What type of violations does Taconic Shores have?

Accepted Answer

Taconic Shores has 174 total violations: 4 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 128 monitoring/reporting violations, and 4 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Taconic Shores water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Taconic Shores under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Taconic Shores use?

Accepted Answer

Taconic Shores uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Taconic Shores sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Taconic Shores ranks #20,417 of 29,740 by people served, and #777 of 1,204 in New York. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Taconic Shores's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Taconic Shores has 174 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 17% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 83% of that cohort has fewer violations than Taconic Shores. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Coliform (TCR)	MR	19	2014
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	7	2010
Radium-228	MR	4	2008
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	4	2022
LASSO	MR	4	2022
BHC-GAMMA	MR	4	2022
Combined Uranium	MR	2	2008
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)	MR	2	2008
Radium-226	MR	2	2008
Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule	TT	2	2008
Arsenic	MR	2	2011
Barium	MR	2	2011
Cadmium	MR	2	2011
Fluoride	MR	2	2011
Antimony, Total	MR	2	2011
Beryllium, Total	MR	2	2011
Thallium, Total	MR	2	2011
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	2	2009
Asbestos	MR	2	2016
Methoxychlor	MR	2	2022
Toxaphene	MR	2	2022
Dalapon	MR	2	2022
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	2	2022
OXAMYL	MR	2	2022
Simazine	MR	2	2022
Picloram	MR	2	2022
Dinoseb	MR	2	2022
Aldicarb sulfoxide	MR	2	2022
Aldicarb sulfone	MR	2	2022
Carbofuran	MR	2	2022

Taconic Shores

Taconic Shores standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for Taconic Shores

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints