Community Water System · PWS NY1100634
Ripley Hill/Empire Community
Operator location Cortland, New York - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 64 people served; 50 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 64
- People served (this PWS)
- 50
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Ripley Hill/Empire Community standing, mid SDWIS violation third
64 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected.
The verdict
Ripley Hill/Empire Community lands in the middle third by violation volume (50), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (64; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- 50
- Total EPA violations on record
- 6%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 64
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- 0
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 20
- County
- Cortland
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 29
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 17 | 2014 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 12 | 2013 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 2011 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Ripley Hill/Empire Community has 50 recorded EPA violations, 56% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 43% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 50), 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)
50 Around the middle fewer violations than 43% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 58 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HFPO-DA | 4/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 4/10/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 4/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 4/10/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 4/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 4/10/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 4/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/10/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 4/10/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 4/10/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 4/10/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/10/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/10/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 10/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 10/16/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 10/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 10/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 10/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 10/16/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 10/16/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 10/16/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 10/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 10/16/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 10/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 10/16/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 10/16/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 10/16/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 10/16/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 10/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 10/16/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 10/16/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 10/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 10/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 10/16/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Ripley Hill/Empire Community
EPA SDWIS lists 64 people served and 20 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
50 violations · 64 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
What to do with Ripley Hill/Empire Community
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