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Community Water System · PWS NY2902824

Garden City (V)

Operator location Garden City, New York - UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 96 violations and 23,272 people served.

23,272
People served (this PWS)
96
EPA violations (this PWS)
13
Health-based (this PWS)
2 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Garden City (V) standing, high SDWIS violation third

UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds - lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 14% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #2,398 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Garden City (V) sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (96), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (23,272; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 14% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 2 PFAS compounds (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).

#2,398 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#84 of 1,204
Population · NY
96
Total EPA violations on record
14%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

2 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
6,789
County
Nassau
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
13
Monitoring Violations
82
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Trichloroethylene MCL 7 2007
Tetrachloroethylene MCL 4 2007
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 4 2014
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2014
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 2014
Vinyl chloride MR 4 2014
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2014
Carbon tetrachloride MR 4 2014
Trichloroethylene MR 4 2014
CHLOROBENZENE MR 4 2014
Benzene MR 4 2014
Styrene MR 4 2014
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 4 2014
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 4 2014
Toluene MR 4 2014
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 4 2014
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 4 2014
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 2014
Ethylbenzene MR 4 2014
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 4 2014
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 4 2014
Tetrachloroethylene MR 4 2014
Coliform (TCR) MCL 2 1999
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 2 2023

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Garden City (V) has 96 recorded EPA violations, 72% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 27% carry more. 14% of this system's own violations are health-based (13 of 96), and it ranks #2,398 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)

96 Around the middle fewer violations than 27% 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. 4 of 323 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
9Cl-PF3ONS 6/6/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 6/6/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 6/6/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 6/6/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 6/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 6/6/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 6/6/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 6/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 6/6/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 6/6/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 6/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 6/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 6/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 6/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 6/6/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 6/6/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 6/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 6/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 6/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 6/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 6/6/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 6/6/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 6/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 6/6/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 6/6/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 6/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 6/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 6/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 6/26/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 6/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 6/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 6/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 6/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 6/26/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 6/26/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 6/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 6/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 6/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 6/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

UCMR5 PFAS record for Garden City (V)

Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS NY2902824 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.

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

Nationwide peers

96 violations · 23,272 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Garden City

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

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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