Community Water System · PWS NY5600104
Glens Falls City
Operator location Glens Falls, New York - 31% of 202 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 14,000 served per SDWIS.
- 14,000
- People served (this PWS)
- 202
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 62
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 4 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Glens Falls City standing, high SDWIS violation third
31% of 202 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 31% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #3,667 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Glens Falls City sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (202), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (14,000; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 31% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).
- #3,667 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #130 of 1,204
- Population · NY
- 202
- Total EPA violations on record
- 31%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
4 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 5,200
- County
- Warren
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 40
- Monitoring Violations
- 129
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 22
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 23 | 2013 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 22 | 1998 |
| TTHM | MCL | 17 | 2003 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 11 | 2014 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 9 | 2017 |
| TTHM | MR | 7 | 2014 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 2010 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 6 | 2006 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2015 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 1994 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Dalapon | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Simazine | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Picloram | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| LASSO | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Aldicarb sulfone | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Atrazine | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Endrin | MR | 3 | 2003 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 3 | 2003 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Glens Falls City has 202 recorded EPA violations, 85% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 14% carry more. 31% of this system's own violations are health-based (62 of 202), and it ranks #3,667 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)
202 Higher than most more violations than 85% 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 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFPeA | 7/12/2023 | 4.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/12/2023 | 4.70 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/12/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/12/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/12/2023 | 3.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/12/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/12/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/12/2023 | 5.50 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFTA | 7/12/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/12/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/12/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/12/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/12/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/8/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/8/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/8/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/8/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 4/5/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 4/5/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 4/5/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 4/5/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 4/5/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 4/5/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 4/5/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 4/5/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 4/5/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 4/5/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 4/5/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 4/5/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 4/5/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 4/5/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 4/5/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 4/5/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 4/5/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Glens Falls City
62 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NY5600104.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · New York State Department of Health, Public Water Systems
Nationwide peers
202 violations · 14,000 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.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Glens Falls City
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
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