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Ontario Town Benefit Area #1

Serves an area of Wayne County, NY that includes Ontario · 10,136 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Ontario Town Benefit Area #1 in the last ten years.

  • NY5801233
  • ONTARIO
  • NY
  • 10,136 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 14519
EPA system ID NY5801233

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Ontario Town Benefit Area #1 draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Record on file since 1995, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 785 unknown out of 4,393 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Mar 1, 2022 Resolved

Full record since 1995

EPA's records for Ontario Town Benefit Area #1 go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and no monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 3 0
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 0
2020s 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began December 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
 Dec 1, 2011 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 1, 1996 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 1995 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1995 Resolved

Where the water comes from

Ontario Town Benefit Area #1 draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to McWa.

Emergency or part-time connections to

  • McWa Rochester, NY

Annual water quality report

Ontario Town Benefit Area #1 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.

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