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Syracuse City

Serves Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY · 192,000 people served

Federal records show 13 health-based violations and no monitoring/reporting issues for Syracuse City in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • NY3304334
  • SYRACUSE
  • NY
  • 192,000 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 13202
EPA system ID NY3304334

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
13
Resolved
13
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Syracuse City draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by New York, January 2009.
  • Record on file since 1995, with 14 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 17,239 lead and 16,098 unknown out of 38,601 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Jun 1, 2024 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Mar 1, 2023 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Dec 1, 2022 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Nov 1, 2021 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Dec 1, 2020 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Nov 1, 2020 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Nov 1, 2020 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Mar 1, 2019 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Dec 1, 2018 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved No

Full record since 1995

EPA's records for Syracuse City go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list 14 health-based violations (14 resolved) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 3 0
2000s 5 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 6 0
October 19, 2016 to 2019 3 0
2020s 10 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began February 2016, Resolved.

Show all 14 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 2016 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 2015 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 2012 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 2011 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 2010 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2009 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2006 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2005 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 1998 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1996 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1995 Resolved

Enforcement actions

New York regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Syracuse City and issued 2 boil water orders between 1997 and 2009. The most recent was a boil water order in January 2009.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 9, 2009 New York Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Oct 13, 2005 New York Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Mar 30, 1997 New York Signed compliance agreement 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule

What the violations mean

Surface Water Treatment Rule

12 incidents

The 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 each of these violations.

Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system failed required surface water treatment or filtration standards

Untreated or inadequately treated surface water can contain bacteria and viruses

Where the water comes from

Syracuse City draws water from 2 surface water intakes. It also buys water from Ocwa. 5 other community water systems buy water from Syracuse City.

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Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Syracuse City 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

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