Public water system record
Ecwa Direct
Serves an area of Erie County, NY that includes Lackawanna, Depew, Tonawanda and 11 more places · 313,380 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Ecwa Direct 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
- 2
Key facts
- Ecwa Direct draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
- Lead pipe inventory: 248 lead and 15,383 unknown out of 111,731 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2017 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2017 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
Where the water comes from
Ecwa Direct draws water from 2 surface water intakes. 26 other community water systems buy water from Ecwa Direct.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Alabama Water District NO.1 Oakfield, NY
- Angola Village Angola, NY
- Colden Water District #1 Colden, NY
- Cowlesville Water District Alden, NY
- East Aurora Village East Aurora, NY
- Ecwa Amherst Buffalo, NY
- Ecwa Boston Buffalo, NY
- Ecwa Evans Buffalo, NY
- Ecwa Hamburg (V) Buffalo, NY
- Ecwa Lancaster Buffalo, NY
- Ecwa Newstead Buffalo, NY
- Ecwa Orchard Park Buffalo, NY
- Ecwa West Seneca Buffalo, NY
- Eden-Wepax Road Farnham, NY
- Elma Water District No. 1 Elma, NY
- Evans Water District Angola, NY
- Farnham Village
- Hanover WD #1 5&20 SLVR Crk to Catt Crk Silver Creek, NY
- Hanover WD #2 - Bennett State Road Silver Creek, NY
- Lawtons Water Co Collins, NY
- McWa Genesee Rochester, NY
- Orchard Park Village Orchard Park, NY
- Silver Creek Village Silver Creek, NY
- Town of Aurora Private Waterlines East Aurora, NY
- Town of Brant Farnham, NY
- Versailles Water District Perrysburg, NY
Annual water quality report
Ecwa Direct 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