Community Water System · PWS NY1500292
Schroon Lake WD
Operator location Schroon Lake, New York - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 83 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,750 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,750
- People served (this PWS)
- 83
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 9
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Schroon Lake WD standing, high SDWIS violation third
83 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 11% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,237 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Schroon Lake WD sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (83), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,750 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 11% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,237 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #379 of 1,204
- Population · NY
- 83
- Total EPA violations on record
- 11%
- 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
- 700
- County
- Essex
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 73
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 9
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | TT | 7 | 2008 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 2015 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| Endrin | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 1988 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 1988 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 1988 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 1988 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 1988 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 1988 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 1988 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 2005 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 1988 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2016 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 2 | 1992 |
| Aldicarb | MR | 1 | 1994 |
| LASSO | MR | 1 | 1994 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 1 | 1994 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 1 | 1994 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 1 | 1994 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 1 | 1994 |
| Chlordane | MR | 1 | 1994 |
| Atrazine | MR | 1 | 1994 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 1 | 1994 |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | MR | 1 | 1994 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 1 | 1994 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Schroon Lake WD has 83 recorded EPA violations, 69% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 31% carry more. 11% of this system's own violations are health-based (9 of 83), and it ranks #11,237 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)
83 Around the middle fewer violations than 31% 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 Schroon Lake WD
83 violations on record for NY1500292; 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
83 violations · 2,750 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 Schroon Lake WD
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