Non-Transient Non-Community · PWSID NY3530221

O.C. Emergency Services Center

Serves 35 peopleSurface Water PurchasedOwner: Local GovernmentGoshen, New York
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On record since 2016: 22 violations. 14 over the limit · 6 missed or late tests · 2 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-08-18.

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

14Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
6Missed or late test
2Notice or report

More violations on record than 83% 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

2005201020152016 · Over the limit: 32016 · Over the limit: 32016 · Over the limit: 32017 · Over the limit: 32017 · Over the limit: 32017 · Over the limit: 32018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 32019 · Over the limit: 32019 · Over the limit: 320202023 · Missed or late test: 42023 · Missed or late test: 42023 · Missed or late test: 42023 · Missed or late test: 42024 · Over the limit: 12024 · Missed or late test: 22024 · Missed or late test: 22024 · Notice or report: 22024 · Notice or report: 22025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
64% over the limit · 1427% missed or late test · 69% notice or report · 2

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×+Trihalomethanes (TTHM)2024-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 83.30 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)2019-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 81.97 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)2019-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 105.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.3×)2019-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 100.90 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.3×)2018-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 96.62 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.2×)2018-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 91.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.1×)2018-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 102.88 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.3×)2018-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 102.50 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.3×)2017-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 128.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.6×)2017-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 87.90 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.1×)2017-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 80.50 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)2016-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 83.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.0×)2016-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 85.80 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.1×)2016-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 85.60 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 3 results on file · action level 15 ppb

6.1 ppb
1.2 ppb
1 ppb

Copper, 90th percentile 1 result on file · action level 1.3 mg/L

2.6 mg/L

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-08-18Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  2. 2024-08-10Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  3. 2024-07-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  4. 2024-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 83.30 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2024-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  6. 2023-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  7. 2023-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  8. 2023-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  9. 2023-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  10. 2019-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 81.97 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2019-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 105.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2019-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 100.90 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2018-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 96.62 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2018-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 91.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2018-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 102.88 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2018-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 102.50 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2017-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 128.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2017-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 87.90 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2017-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 80.50 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2016-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 83.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2016-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 85.80 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2016-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 85.60 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance

System details

Population served35
Service connections1
Water sourceSurface Water Purchased
System typeNon-Transient Non-Community
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityGoshen
EPA ZIP on file10924

Areas served

  • Orange County

Reading this record

O.C. Emergency Services Center is a non-transient non-community that draws from surface water purchased and serves about 35 people in Goshen, 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.