Public water system record
Preble Water Association
Serves an area of Cortland County, NY · 51 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for Preble Water Association 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
- 9
Key facts
- Preble Water Association draws water from 1 well.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by New York, September 2025.
- Record on file since 1994, with 0 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 16 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.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Aug 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Apr 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1994
EPA's records for Preble Water Association go back to 1994. Before October 20, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 126 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 18 |
| 2000s | 0 | 99 |
| 2010 to October 19, 2016 | 0 | 9 |
| October 20, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Enforcement actions
New York regulators took 17 formal enforcement actions against Preble Water Association between 2002 and 2025, filed as 20 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in September 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2025 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Jan 1, 2025 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| May 1, 2024 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Sep 1, 2021 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Nov 10, 2020 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Jan 17, 2017 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Feb 12, 2016 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Oct 1, 2015 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jan 7, 2014 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Mar 12, 2013 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Nov 27, 2012 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jul 18, 2011 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Miscellaneous Other Rules |
| Aug 12, 2010 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Miscellaneous Other Rules |
| Jun 29, 2009 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 4 violations: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Oct 24, 2008 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 16 violations: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Radium-228, Combined Uranium, Radium-226, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Mar 10, 2003 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 5 violations: Total Coliform, Miscellaneous Other Rules |
| Oct 31, 2002 | New York | Compliance order with a penalty | 5 violations: Miscellaneous Other Rules, Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Preble Water Association draws water from 1 well.
Annual water quality report
Preble Water Association 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 Preble Water Association 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.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells