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Guilford Water District

Serves Guilford, Chenango County, NY · 350 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Guilford Water District in the last ten years.

  • NY0801742
  • GUILFORD
  • NY
  • 350 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 13780
EPA system ID NY0801742

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Guilford Water District draws water from 1 well and 1 surface water intake (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by New York, June 2025.
  • Record on file since 1990, with 0 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 3 lead and 24 unknown out of 89 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
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 May 1, 2025 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1990

EPA's records for Guilford Water District go back to 1990. Before October 20, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 13 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 8
2000s 0 4
2010 to October 19, 2016 0 1
October 20, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 2

Enforcement actions

New York regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Guilford Water District between 2015 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in June 2025.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jun 17, 2025 New York Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Oct 19, 2022 New York Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Dec 19, 2019 New York Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Arsenic
Feb 12, 2015 New York Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Guilford Water District draws water from 1 well and 1 surface water intake (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).

Annual water quality report

Guilford 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.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Guilford Water District for a copy.

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.

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