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Big Oak Campground

At a glance

Big Oak Campground (PWSID AL0000203) is an active transient non-community water system in Cherokee County, Alabama. It reports serving 30 people through 75 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2016.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDAL0000203

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served30

Service connections75

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyAL state drinking water program

City servedCedar Bluff

StateAlabama

ZIP—

CountyCherokee County

How does Big Oak Campground compare with other water systems in Cherokee County?

By EPA's size categories, Big Oak Campground is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Cherokee County has 4 active public water systems, and Big Oak Campground is the 4th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is well below the county average of 5,742 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 22,968 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Alabama, the 576 active systems average 11,028 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Big Oak Campground is well below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Alabama has 45 active transient non-community water systems, 7.8% of the state's 576 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 302 Alabama systems (52%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Big Oak Campground?

EPA lists Big Oak Campground as privately owned. The AL state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 1 of the 4 active systems in Cherokee County (25%) are also privately owned.

Does Big Oak Campground have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2016. The violations listed here began between April 1997 and June 2016. By type: 9 monitoring and reporting, 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (6 of them). EPA lists 8 as resolved and 4 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2016-06-11	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2015-05-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2014-03-05	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2013-12-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2003-09-10	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2003-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2003-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2002-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2001-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1999-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
1997-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
1997-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Big Oak Campground: frequently asked questions

Who runs Big Oak Campground?

Big Oak Campground (PWSID AL0000203) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the AL state drinking water program.

How many people does Big Oak Campground serve?

Big Oak Campground reports serving 30 people through 75 service connections in Cherokee County, Alabama.

Where does Big Oak Campground get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Big Oak Campground have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2016. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Big Oak Campground's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in June 2016. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the AL state drinking water program.

Where can I find Big Oak Campground's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Big Oak Campground is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Cherokee County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Cherokee County Water & Sewer Authority	Cherokee	11,013	Community	Groundwater
Centre Water & Sewer Board	Cherokee	7,050	Community	Surface water
Cedar Bluff Utilities Board	Cherokee	4,875	Community	Purchased surface water

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Big Oak Campground, PWSID AL0000203, Alabama”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/alabama/big-oak-campground-al0000203 (data as of October 1, 2026).