Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS NY4502582
Galway Central School District
Operator location Galway, New York - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 265 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,300 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,300
- People served (this PWS)
- 265
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Galway Central School District standing, high SDWIS violation third
265 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 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #17,170 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Galway Central School District sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (265), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,300 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,170 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #638 of 1,204
- Population · NY
- 265
- Total EPA violations on record
- 1%
- 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
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 2
- County
- Saratoga
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 233
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 17 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 15 | 2016 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 9 | 2020 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 6 | 2023 |
| Toluene | MCL | 3 | 2020 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2018 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 3 | 2018 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| Nickel | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| Endrin | MR | 3 | 2021 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 3 | 2021 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 3 | 2021 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 3 | 2021 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 3 | 2021 |
| Simazine | MR | 3 | 2021 |
| Picloram | MR | 3 | 2021 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 3 | 2021 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 3 | 2021 |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | MR | 3 | 2021 |
| Aldicarb sulfone | MR | 3 | 2021 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 3 | 2021 |
| Atrazine | MR | 3 | 2021 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 3 | 2021 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Galway Central School District has 265 recorded EPA violations, 89% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 11% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 265), and it ranks #17,170 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)
265 Higher than most more violations than 89% 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 Galway Central School District
265 violations on record for NY4502582; 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
265 violations · 1,300 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 Galway Central School District
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