Community Water System · PWSID NY0200862

Val-E-Vue Court

Serves 40 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateBelfast, New York
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On record since 1994: 57 violations. 37 over the limit · 16 missed or late tests · 4 notices or reports. Most recent began 2023-07-01.

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37Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
16Missed or late test
4Notice or report

More violations on record than 93% 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

1994 · Missed or late test: 1199520002001 · Notice or report: 120052007 · Notice or report: 12008 · Over the limit: 22008 · Over the limit: 22008 · Notice or report: 12009 · Over the limit: 42009 · Over the limit: 42009 · Over the limit: 42009 · Over the limit: 42009 · Notice or report: 12010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 420102011 · Over the limit: 42011 · Over the limit: 42011 · Over the limit: 42011 · Over the limit: 42012 · Over the limit: 42012 · Over the limit: 42012 · Over the limit: 42012 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 420152016 · Over the limit: 32016 · Over the limit: 32016 · Over the limit: 32016 · Missed or late test: 12017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42019 · Missed or late test: 122019 · Missed or late test: 122019 · Missed or late test: 122019 · Missed or late test: 122019 · Missed or late test: 122019 · Missed or late test: 122019 · Missed or late test: 122019 · Missed or late test: 122019 · Missed or late test: 122019 · Missed or late test: 122019 · Missed or late test: 122019 · Missed or late test: 1220202021 · Missed or late test: 12023 · Missed or late test: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
65% over the limit · 3728% missed or late test · 167% 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×+Arsenic2017-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 12.40 UG/L vs limit 10.00 UG/L (1.2×)2017-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 13.00 UG/L vs limit 10.00 UG/L (1.3×)2017-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 14.60 UG/L vs limit 10.00 UG/L (1.5×)2017-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 16.40 UG/L vs limit 10.00 UG/L (1.6×)2016-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 13.88 UG/L vs limit 10.00 UG/L (1.4×)2015-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 19.13 UG/L vs limit 10.00 UG/L (1.9×)2015-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 20.63 UG/L vs limit 10.00 UG/L (2.1×)2015-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 23.50 UG/L vs limit 10.00 UG/L (2.4×)2015-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0270 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.7×)2014-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0240 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.4×)2014-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0200 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.0×)2014-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0230 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.3×)2014-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0230 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.3×)2013-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0240 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.4×)2013-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.2200 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (22.0×)2013-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0240 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.4×)2013-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0270 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.7×)2012-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0250 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.5×)2012-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0240 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.4×)2012-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0220 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.2×)2012-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0250 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.5×)2011-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0230 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.3×)2011-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 24.80 UG/L vs limit 10.00 UG/L (2.5×)2011-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 24.70 UG/L vs limit 10.00 UG/L (2.5×)2011-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0250 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.5×)2010-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 25.00 UG/L vs limit 10.00 UG/L (2.5×)2010-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 26.00 UG/L vs limit 10.00 UG/L (2.6×)
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 1 result on file · action level 15 ppb

4.7 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2023-07-011,4-DioxaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  2. 2021-04-011,4-DioxaneMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2019-01-01SeleniumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2019-01-01Thallium, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2019-01-01Beryllium, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2019-01-01Antimony, TotalMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2019-01-01NickelMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2019-01-01MercuryMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2019-01-01FluorideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2019-01-01CyanideMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2019-01-01ChromiumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2019-01-01CadmiumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2019-01-01BariumMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2019-01-01ArsenicMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2017-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 12.40 UG/L · limit 10.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2017-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 13.00 UG/L · limit 10.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2017-01-01Arsenic ×2MCL, Averagemeasured 14.60 UG/L · limit 10.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2016-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 14.15 UG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2016-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 13.88 UG/L · limit 10.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2016-01-01Gross Alpha, Incl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2016-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 15.88 UG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2015-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 19.13 UG/L · limit 10.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2015-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 20.63 UG/L · limit 10.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2015-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 23.50 UG/L · limit 10.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2015-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0270 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
Show the other 31 entries
  1. 2014-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0240 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2014-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0200 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2014-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0230 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2014-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0230 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2013-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0240 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2013-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.2200 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2013-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0240 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2013-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0270 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2012-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0250 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2012-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0240 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2012-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0220 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2012-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0250 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2011-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0230 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2011-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 24.80 UG/L · limit 10.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2011-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 24.70 UG/L · limit 10.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2011-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0250 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2010-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 25.00 UG/L · limit 10.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2010-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 26.00 UG/L · limit 10.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2010-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 24.10 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2010-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 24.80 UG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2009-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 25.70 UG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2009-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 24.90 UG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2009-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  24. 2009-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 25.50 UG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2009-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 24.90 UG/LBack in compliance
  26. 2008-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 22.80 UG/LBack in compliance
  27. 2008-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 22.80 UG/LBack in compliance
  28. 2008-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  29. 2007-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  30. 2001-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  31. 1994-01-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance

System details

Population served40
Service connections28
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityBelfast
EPA ZIP on file14711

Areas served

  • Allegany County

Reading this record

Val-E-Vue Court is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 40 people in Belfast, 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.