Community Water System · PWS NY1700019
Johnstown (C) Water Works
Operator location Johnstown, New York - larger served population (> 3,309) at 8,154 people served; 47 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 8,154
- People served (this PWS)
- 47
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 8
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Johnstown (C) Water Works standing, mid SDWIS violation third
8,154 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #5,530 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Johnstown (C) Water Works lands in the middle third by violation volume (47), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (8,154; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #5,530 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #188 of 1,204
- Population · NY
- 47
- Total EPA violations on record
- 17%
- 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
- 3,200
- County
- Fulton
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 8
- Monitoring Violations
- 39
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 8 | 2019 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| Nickel | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 3 | 2019 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 3 | 2019 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Johnstown (C) Water Works has 47 recorded EPA violations, 55% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 45% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 47), and it ranks #5,530 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)
47 Around the middle fewer violations than 45% 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 232 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHpS | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/16/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/16/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/16/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/16/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/16/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/16/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/16/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/16/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/16/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/16/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/16/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/16/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/16/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/16/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/16/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/16/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/16/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/16/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/16/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/16/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/16/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Johnstown (C) Water Works
EPA SDWIS lists 8,154 people served and 3,200 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
47 violations · 8,154 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.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Johnstown Water Works
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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