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Elma Water District No. 1

Serves an area of Erie County, NY that includes Elma Center and Billington Heights · 10,287 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Elma Water District No. 1 in the last ten years.

  • NY1420549
  • ELMA
  • NY
  • 10,287 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 14059
EPA system ID NY1420549

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Elma Water District No. 1 buys its water from Ecwa Direct.
  • Record on file since 2011, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 2,684 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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Sep 1, 2020 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jun 1, 2020 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Asbestos
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2011 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 2011

EPA's records for Elma Water District No. 1 go back to 2011. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 7
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 2

Where the water comes from

Elma Water District No. 1 buys its water from Ecwa Direct. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Elma Water District No. 1.

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Annual water quality report

Elma Water District No. 1 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.

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