Community Water System · PWSID NY2800138

Fonda (V) Water Works

Serves 1,080 peopleSurface WaterOwner: Local GovernmentFonda, New York
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On record since 2013: 32 violations. 7 over the limit · 5 treatment lapses · 19 missed or late tests · 1 notice or report. Most recent began 2025-07-01.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

7Over the limit
5Treatment lapse
19Missed or late test
1Notice or report

More violations on record than 88% of active water systems in New York. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

200520102013 · Missed or late test: 120152016 · Treatment lapse: 12018 · Missed or late test: 92018 · Missed or late test: 92018 · Missed or late test: 92018 · Missed or late test: 92018 · Missed or late test: 92018 · Missed or late test: 92018 · Missed or late test: 92018 · Missed or late test: 92018 · Missed or late test: 92020 · Notice or report: 120202021 · Over the limit: 12022 · Over the limit: 32022 · Over the limit: 32022 · Over the limit: 32022 · Treatment lapse: 12023 · Over the limit: 12024 · Treatment lapse: 32024 · Treatment lapse: 32024 · Treatment lapse: 32025 · Over the limit: 22025 · Over the limit: 22025 · Missed or late test: 92025 · Missed or late test: 92025 · Missed or late test: 92025 · Missed or late test: 92025 · Missed or late test: 92025 · Missed or late test: 92025 · Missed or late test: 92025 · Missed or late test: 92025 · Missed or late test: 92025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
22% over the limit · 716% treatment lapse · 559% missed or late test · 193% notice or report · 1

Across New York, 67% of violations are missed or late tests and 3% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+OdorTrihalomethanes (TTHM)2025-07-01 · Odor: measured 20.00 UNITS vs limit 3.00 UNITS (6.7×)2025-04-01 · Odor: measured 12.00 UNITS vs limit 3.00 UNITS (4.0×)2023-10-01 · Odor: measured 30.00 UNITS vs limit 3.00 UNITS (10.0×)2022-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 82.50 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)2022-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 80.50 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)2022-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 80.80 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)2021-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 85.80 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.1×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 7 results on file · action level 15 ppb

17 ppb
11.9 ppb
10.2 ppb
7.6 ppb
6 ppb
5.2 ppb
2 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-07-01OdorMCL, Averagemeasured 20.00 UNITS · limit 3.00 UNITSPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2025-04-01OdorMCL, Averagemeasured 12.00 UNITS · limit 3.00 UNITSPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2025-01-01OdorMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2025-01-01ColorMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2025-01-01ZincMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2025-01-01SulfateMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2025-01-01SodiumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2025-01-01SilverMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2025-01-01ManganeseMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2025-01-01IronMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2025-01-01ChlorideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2024-07-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  13. 2024-06-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  14. 2024-04-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  15. 2023-10-01OdorMCL, Averagemeasured 30.00 UNITS · limit 3.00 UNITSPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2022-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 82.50 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2022-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 80.50 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2022-04-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Single Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  19. 2022-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 80.80 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2021-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 85.80 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2020-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  22. 2018-01-01OdorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2018-01-01ColorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2018-01-01ZincMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2018-01-01SulfateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
Show the other 7 entries
  1. 2018-01-01SodiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  2. 2018-01-01SilverMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  3. 2018-01-01ManganeseMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  4. 2018-01-01IronMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  5. 2018-01-01ChlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  6. 2016-02-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monthly Turbidity Exceed (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  7. 2013-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance

System details

Population served1,080
Service connections481
Water sourceSurface Water
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityFonda
EPA ZIP on file12068

Areas served

  • Montgomery County

Reading this record

Fonda (V) Water Works is a community water system that draws from surface water and serves about 1,080 people in Fonda, New York. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.