Public water system record
Jamestown Bpu
Serves Jamestown, Jamestown West, Lakewood and 1 more place, Chautauqua County, NY · 46,712 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Jamestown Bpu in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- Jamestown Bpu draws water from 11 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by New York, January 2015.
- Record on file since 2008, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,851 unknown out of 17,518 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 2008
EPA's records for Jamestown Bpu go back to 2008. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 42 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 42 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 2008, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2008 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
New York regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Jamestown Bpu and issued 1 boil water order between 2008 and 2015, filed as 4 records in EPA's data. The most recent was an administrative penalty in January 2015.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2015 | New York | Administrative penalty | 40 violations: 1,1-Dichloroethylene, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, o-Dichlorobenzene, p-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride |
| Jan 17, 2014 | New York | Administrative penalty | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Sep 23, 2008 | New York | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Jamestown Bpu draws water from 11 wells.
Annual water quality report
Jamestown Bpu 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.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by New York.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells