Community Water System · PWSID NY4505644

Parkwood Village Apartments

Serves 400 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateAlbany, New York
Nothing open that measures the water, but 3 open testing or paperwork violations.

A missed test is not evidence of bad water. It also is not evidence of good water: for that period nobody checked.

On record since 2009: 72 violations. 36 over the limit · 32 missed or late tests · 4 notices or reports. 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.

36Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
32Missed or late test2 open
4Notice or report1 open

More violations on record than 95% 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

20052009 · Missed or late test: 12010 · Missed or late test: 120102011 · Missed or late test: 12015 · Notice or report: 120152017 · Over the limit: 12018 · Over the limit: 22018 · Missed or late test: 182018 · Missed or late test: 182018 · Missed or late test: 182018 · Missed or late test: 182018 · Missed or late test: 182018 · Missed or late test: 182018 · Missed or late test: 182018 · Missed or late test: 182018 · Missed or late test: 182019 · Over the limit: 52019 · Over the limit: 52019 · Over the limit: 52019 · Missed or late test: 92019 · Missed or late test: 92019 · Missed or late test: 92019 · Missed or late test: 92019 · Missed or late test: 92020 · Over the limit: 62020 · Over the limit: 62020 · Over the limit: 62020 · Notice or report: 220202021 · Over the limit: 62021 · Over the limit: 62021 · Over the limit: 62022 · Over the limit: 22023 · Over the limit: 62023 · Over the limit: 62023 · Over the limit: 62023 · Missed or late test: 12024 · Over the limit: 52024 · Over the limit: 52024 · Over the limit: 52024 · Missed or late test: 12024 · Notice or report: 12025 · Over the limit: 32025 · Over the limit: 32025
One square ≈ 2 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
50% over the limit · 3644% missed or late test · 326% notice or report · 4

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×+IronChloride2025-07-01 · Iron: measured 0.4260 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.4×)2025-04-01 · Iron: measured 0.4390 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.5×)2025-01-01 · Iron: measured 0.3740 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.2×)2024-04-01 · Iron: measured 0.3400 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.1×)2024-04-01 · Chloride: measured 331.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (1.3×)2023-07-01 · Iron: measured 0.6700 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (2.2×)2023-07-01 · Chloride: measured 317.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (1.3×)2023-04-01 · Iron: measured 0.3900 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.3×)2023-04-01 · Chloride: measured 341.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (1.4×)2023-01-01 · Iron: measured 0.3400 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.1×)2023-01-01 · Chloride: measured 324.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (1.3×)2022-01-01 · Iron: measured 0.3760 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.3×)2022-01-01 · Chloride: measured 323.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (1.3×)2021-10-01 · Iron: measured 0.4610 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.5×)2021-10-01 · Chloride: measured 262.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (1.0×)2021-07-01 · Iron: measured 0.4210 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.4×)2021-07-01 · Chloride: measured 338.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (1.4×)2021-04-01 · Iron: measured 0.4130 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.4×)2021-01-01 · Chloride: measured 322.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (1.3×)2020-10-01 · Iron: measured 0.4600 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.5×)2020-07-01 · Chloride: measured 403.00 UG/L vs limit 250.00 UG/L (1.6×)2020-07-01 · Iron: measured 0.4790 UG/L vs limit 0.3000 UG/L (1.6×)2020-04-01 · Iron: measured 0.4350 UG/L vs limit 0.3000 UG/L (1.4×)2020-01-01 · Chloride: measured 381.00 UG/L vs limit 250.00 UG/L (1.5×)2020-01-01 · Iron: measured 0.4550 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.5×)2019-10-01 · Iron: measured 0.4310 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.4×)2019-10-01 · Chloride: measured 355.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (1.4×)2019-07-01 · Iron: measured 0.4650 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.6×)2019-01-01 · Iron: measured 0.6280 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (2.1×)2019-01-01 · Chloride: measured 343.00 MG/L vs limit 250.00 MG/L (1.4×)2018-04-01 · Iron: measured 0.4940 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.6×)2018-01-01 · Iron: measured 0.4940 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (1.6×)2017-01-01 · Iron: measured 1.76 MG/L vs limit 0.3000 MG/L (5.9×)
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 5 results on file · action level 15 ppb

3 ppb
1 ppb
1 ppb
1 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (3)

  1. 2020-09-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingOpen
  2. 2011-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/ROpen
  3. 2010-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/ROpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-07-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.4260 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2025-04-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.4390 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2025-01-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.3740 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2024-11-01Unknown contaminantOperations ReportPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2024-10-01OdorMCL, Single Samplemeasured 4.00 UNITSPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2024-10-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.4770 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2024-10-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 261.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2024-04-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.3400 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2024-04-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 331.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2024-04-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2023-07-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.6700 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2023-07-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 317.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2023-04-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.3900 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2023-04-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 341.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2023-04-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2023-01-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.3400 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2023-01-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 324.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2022-01-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.3760 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2022-01-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 323.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2021-10-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.4610 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2021-10-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 262.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2021-07-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.4210 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2021-07-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 338.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2021-04-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.4130 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2021-01-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 322.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
Show the other 47 entries
  1. 2020-10-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.4600 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2020-09-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingOpen
  3. 2020-07-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 403.00 UG/L · limit 250.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2020-07-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.4790 UG/L · limit 0.3000 UG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2020-04-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.4350 UG/L · limit 0.3000 UG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2020-03-01Unknown contaminantOperations ReportBack in compliance
  7. 2020-01-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 381.00 UG/L · limit 250.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2020-01-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.4550 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2019-10-01IronMCL, Averagemeasured 0.4310 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2019-10-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 355.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2019-07-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.4650 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2019-04-01OdorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2019-04-01ColorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  14. 2019-04-01ZincMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2019-04-01SulfateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2019-04-01SodiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2019-04-01SilverMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2019-04-01ManganeseMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2019-04-01IronMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  20. 2019-04-01ChlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2019-01-01IronMCL, Single Samplemeasured 0.6280 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2019-01-01ChlorideMCL, Single Samplemeasured 343.00 MG/L · limit 250.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2018-10-01OdorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2018-10-01ColorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2018-10-01ZincMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  26. 2018-10-01SulfateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  27. 2018-10-01SodiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  28. 2018-10-01SilverMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  29. 2018-10-01ManganeseMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  30. 2018-10-01IronMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  31. 2018-10-01ChlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  32. 2018-07-01OdorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  33. 2018-07-01ColorMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  34. 2018-07-01ZincMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  35. 2018-07-01SulfateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  36. 2018-07-01SodiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  37. 2018-07-01SilverMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  38. 2018-07-01ManganeseMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  39. 2018-07-01IronMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  40. 2018-07-01ChlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  41. 2018-04-01IronMCL, Averagemeasured 0.4940 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  42. 2018-01-01IronMCL, Averagemeasured 0.4940 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  43. 2017-01-01IronMCL, Averagemeasured 1.76 MG/L · limit 0.3000 MG/LBack in compliance
  44. 2015-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  45. 2011-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/ROpen
  46. 2010-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/ROpen
  47. 2009-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance

System details

Population served400
Service connections144
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityAlbany
EPA ZIP on file12205

Areas served

  • Saratoga County

Reading this record

Parkwood Village Apartments is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 400 people in Albany, 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.