Public water system record
Ocwa
Serves an area of Onondaga County, NY that includes Syracuse, Radisson, Fairmount and 18 more places · 350,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Ocwa 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
- Ocwa draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
- Record on file since 1992, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 400 lead and 72,099 unknown out of 116,509 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 1992
EPA's records for Ocwa go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 0 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began December 2010, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Dec 1, 2010 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1995 | Resolved |
Where the water comes from
Ocwa draws water from 2 surface water intakes. It also buys water from Syracuse City. 7 other community water systems buy water from Ocwa. 3 other public water systems have emergency connections to Ocwa.
Buys water from
- Syracuse City Syracuse, NY
Community systems that buy water from it
- Clay WDS Clay, NY
- Dewitt WDS - North East Syracuse, NY
- Dewitt WDS - South East Syracuse, NY
- Fulton City Fulton, NY
- Phoenix Village Phoenix, NY
- Scriba WD (Oswego) Scriba, NY
- Syracuse City Syracuse, NY
Annual water quality report
Ocwa 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.
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