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Belfast Water District

Serves Belfast, Allegany County, NY · 850 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Belfast Water District in the last ten years.

  • NY0200313
  • BELFAST
  • NY
  • 850 served

System profile

Source water Purchased groundwater
ZIP 14711
EPA system ID NY0200313

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Belfast Water District buys its water from Houghton Water District.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by New York, July 2011.
  • Record on file since 1994, with 15 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 1 lead and 83 unknown out of 352 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved

Full record since 1994

EPA's records for Belfast Water District go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 15 health-based violations (15 resolved) and 34 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 22
2000s 9 11
2010 to October 18, 2016 6 1
2020s 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2011, Resolved.

Show all 15 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 121 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.5 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 131.25 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.6 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 147 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.8 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 148.5 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.9 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 132.48 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.7 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 108.15 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 83.85 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 85.73 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 97.03 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 120.73 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.5 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 130.6 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.6 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 112.95 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 111.1 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 91.8 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2006 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2003 Resolved

Enforcement actions

New York regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Belfast Water District in 2011. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in July 2011.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jul 18, 2011 New York Signed compliance agreement 7 violations (7 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Where the water comes from

Belfast Water District buys its water from Houghton Water District. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Belfast Water District must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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