Public water system record
Elizabethtown WD
Serves Elizabethtown, Essex County, NY · 800 people served
Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Elizabethtown WD in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 1
- Resolved
- 1
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 5
Key facts
- Elizabethtown WD draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by New York, December 2017.
- Record on file since 1994, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 374 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.
| Contaminant | Rule family | Start date | Status | Acute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
120 | Dec 14, 2017 | Resolved | No |
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Active |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
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 Elizabethtown WD go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 49 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 21 |
| 2000s | 3 | 19 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 9 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began July 2003, Resolved.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 9, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Mar 6, 2003 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1999 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
New York regulators and EPA took 4 formal enforcement actions against Elizabethtown WD and issued 2 boil water orders between 2000 and 2017. The most recent was an administrative penalty in December 2017.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2017 | New York | Administrative penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| May 25, 2010 | New York | Administrative penalty | 8 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Oct 30, 2008 | New York | Administrative penalty | 4 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jul 9, 2003 | New York | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Mar 6, 2003 | New York | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Apr 10, 2000 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
What the violations mean
Surface Water Treatment Rule
1 incidentThe system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Surface Water Treatment Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).
The utility had to notify customers about this violation.
Where the water comes from
Elizabethtown WD draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Elizabethtown WD 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.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
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