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Liberty Utilities New York - Merrick

Operator location Merrick, New York - larger served population (> 3,309) at 135,000 people served; 249 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

135,000
People served (this PWS)
249
EPA violations (this PWS)
15
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Liberty Utilities New York - Merrick standing, high SDWIS violation third

135,000 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). 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. Population rank #331 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Liberty Utilities New York - Merrick sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (249), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (135,000; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#331 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#13 of 1,204
Population · NY
249
Total EPA violations on record
6%
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
Private
Connections
46,440
County
Nassau
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
234
Treatment Tech Violations
15

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Lead and Copper Rule TT 15 2024
Dalapon MR 8 2015
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 8 2015
Dinoseb MR 8 2015
Aldicarb sulfoxide MR 8 2015
Aldicarb sulfone MR 8 2015
Carbofuran MR 8 2015
Aldicarb MR 8 2015
Atrazine MR 8 2015
Heptachlor MR 8 2015
Heptachlor epoxide MR 8 2015
2,4-D MR 8 2015
2,4,5-TP MR 8 2015
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 8 2015
Benzo(a)pyrene MR 8 2015
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 8 2015
Endrin MR 8 2015
BHC-GAMMA MR 8 2015
Methoxychlor MR 8 2015
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 8 2015
OXAMYL MR 8 2015
Simazine MR 8 2015
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 8 2015
LASSO MR 8 2015
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 8 2015
Pentachlorophenol MR 8 2015
Toxaphene MR 8 2015
Picloram MR 8 2015
Chlordane MR 8 2015
Radium-228 MR 4 1999

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Liberty Utilities New York - Merrick has 249 recorded EPA violations, 88% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 12% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (15 of 249), and it ranks #331 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)

249 Higher than most more violations than 88% 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 344 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFTrDA 9/28/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/28/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 9/28/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/28/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/28/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 9/28/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/28/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/28/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/28/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 9/28/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 9/28/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 9/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/28/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 9/28/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/28/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 9/28/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 9/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 9/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 9/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 9/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 9/28/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 9/28/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 9/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 9/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 9/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/3/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/3/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/3/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/3/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/3/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/3/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/3/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/3/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/3/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/3/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/3/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected

Population served record for Liberty Utilities New York - Merrick

EPA SDWIS lists 135,000 people served and 46,440 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

249 violations · 135,000 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

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