Public water system record
Fulton City
Serves Fulton, Oswego County, NY · 16,600 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Fulton City 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
- 2
Key facts
- Fulton City draws water from 9 wells.
- Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by New York, October 2008.
- Record on file since 1985, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 3,600 unknown out of 3,752 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.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 |
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, 2018 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
Full record since 1985
EPA's records for Fulton City go back to 1985. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (1 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1 | 0 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began October 2008, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Barium
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1985 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
New York regulators issued 1 boil water order to Fulton City in 2008. The most recent was a boil water order in October 2008.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2008 | New York | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Fulton City draws water from 9 wells. It also buys water from Ocwa.
Buys water from
- Ocwa Syracuse, NY
Annual water quality report
Fulton 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
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