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Alfred tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Alfred. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Alfred is served by 3 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 7,700 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 112 violations across the community water system(s) serving Alfred, going back to the earliest EPA record. 2 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Alfred State College
3,600 served · groundwater · PWSID NY0220581 - Health-based Lead and Copper Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times between January 2014 and July 2023. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring contaminant code null: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 18 times between June 2024 and November 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2024. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 16 times between January 2020 and January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 16 times between January 2020 and January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 10 times between December 2022 and July 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between July 2015 and July 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Orthophosphate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring CONDUCTIVITY @ 25 C UMHOS/CM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring pH: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Alkalinity, Carbonate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Temperature (Centigrade): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring CALCIUM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2023. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 12 times between August 2020 and June 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Alfred University
2,800 served · groundwater · PWSID NY0220582 - Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2024. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in September 2024. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between January 2023 and January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between January 2023 and January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Alfred Village Water Supply
1,300 served · groundwater · PWSID NY0200309 - Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in February 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2014. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.