Public water system record
Willsboro WD
Serves Willsboro and Willsboro Point, Essex County, NY · 1,571 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Willsboro WD 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
- 0
Key facts
- Willsboro WD draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, April 2025.
- Record on file since 1985, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 467 unknown out of 1,315 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1985
EPA's records for Willsboro WD go back to 1985. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 55 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 28 |
| 1990s | 0 | 21 |
| 2000s | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 0 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began April 2011, Resolved.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 80.2 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Lead
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Lead
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 25, 2003 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
New York regulators and EPA took 2 formal enforcement actions against Willsboro WD and issued 1 boil water order between 2000 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2025 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Apr 28, 2011 | New York | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Apr 10, 2000 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
Where the water comes from
Willsboro WD draws water from 1 surface water intake. 1 other public water system has a seasonal connection to Willsboro WD.
Annual water quality report
Willsboro 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