Public water system · CA1800547
ActiveWayside Inn Market
At a glance
Wayside Inn Market (PWSID CA1800547) is an active transient non-community water system in Lassen County, California. It reports serving 30 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 1983.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
30
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Wayside Inn Market compare with other water systems in Lassen County?
By EPA's size categories, Wayside Inn Market is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Lassen County has 51 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 476 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 24,257 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across California, the 7,479 active systems average 5,706 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Wayside Inn Market 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. California has 3,016 active transient non-community water systems, 40% of the state's 7,479 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 6,179 California systems (83%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Wayside Inn Market?
EPA lists Wayside Inn Market as privately owned. The CA state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 29 of the 51 active systems in Lassen County (57%) are also privately owned.
Does Wayside Inn Market have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 1983. The violations listed here began between February 1983 and April 1983. By type: 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 2 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Arsenic (2 of them). EPA lists 4 as archived. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-04-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherNotification, Public · code 06 | Not reported | No | Archived |
| 1983-04-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single Sample · code 01 | Arseniccode 1005 | Yes | Archived |
| 1983-02-01 | Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single Sample · code 01 | Arseniccode 1005 | Yes | Archived |
| 1983-02-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherNotification, Public · code 06 | Not reported | No | Archived |
All 4 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.
Wayside Inn Market: frequently asked questions
Who runs Wayside Inn Market?
Wayside Inn Market (PWSID CA1800547) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the CA state drinking water program.
How many people does Wayside Inn Market serve?
Wayside Inn Market reports serving 30 people through 1 service connection in Lassen County, California.
Where does Wayside Inn Market 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 Wayside Inn Market have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 1983. 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 Wayside Inn Market'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. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 1983. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the CA state drinking water program.
Where can I find Wayside Inn Market's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Wayside Inn Market 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 Lassen County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Susanville | Lassen | 7,811 | Community | Groundwater |
| Cdcr-High Desert State Prison | Lassen | 3,857 | Community | Groundwater |
| Herlong Public Utility District | Lassen | 2,114 | Community | Groundwater |
| Westwood C.S.D. | Lassen | 1,662 | Community | Groundwater |
| Lassen Community College Dist. | Lassen | 1,380 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Sierra Army Depot | Lassen | 1,200 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
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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, “Wayside Inn Market, PWSID CA1800547, California”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/california/wayside-inn-market-ca1800547 (data as of October 1, 2026).