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Camp Owaissa Bauer

At a glance

Camp Owaissa Bauer (PWSID FL4130320) is an active transient non-community water system in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It reports serving 150 people through 10 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a local government. EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in November 1982.

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

Population served

150

Service connections

10

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDFL4130320
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served150
Service connections10
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typeLocal government
Primacy agencyFL state drinking water program
City servedHomestead
StateFlorida
ZIP—
CountyMiami-Dade County

How does Camp Owaissa Bauer compare with other water systems in Miami-Dade County?

By EPA's size categories, Camp Owaissa Bauer is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Miami-Dade County has 172 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 19,337 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 3,326,006 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Florida, the 5,197 active systems average 4,345 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Camp Owaissa Bauer is roughly in line with 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. Florida has 2,777 active transient non-community water systems, 53% of the state's 5,197 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 4,996 Florida systems (96%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Camp Owaissa Bauer?

EPA lists Camp Owaissa Bauer as owned by a local government. The FL 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 172 active systems in Miami-Dade County (17%) are also owned by a local government.

Does Camp Owaissa Bauer have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in November 1982. By type: 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved is Nitrate. EPA lists 1 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
1982-11-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoArchived

The one violation in EPA's records.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.

Camp Owaissa Bauer: frequently asked questions

Who runs Camp Owaissa Bauer?

Camp Owaissa Bauer (PWSID FL4130320) is a transient non-community water system owned by a local government. It is regulated by the FL state drinking water program.

How many people does Camp Owaissa Bauer serve?

Camp Owaissa Bauer reports serving 150 people through 10 service connections in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Where does Camp Owaissa Bauer 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 Camp Owaissa Bauer have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in November 1982. 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 Camp Owaissa Bauer'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 one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in November 1982. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the FL state drinking water program.

Where can I find Camp Owaissa Bauer's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Camp Owaissa Bauer 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 Miami-Dade County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Mdwasa - Main SystemMiami-Dade2,377,460CommunityGroundwater
Hialeah, City ofMiami-Dade238,000CommunityGroundwater
North Miami BeachMiami-Dade180,000CommunityGroundwater
Miami Beach, City ofMiami-Dade100,000CommunityPurchased groundwater
North Miami, City ofMiami-Dade89,349CommunityGroundwater
Fkaa J. Robert Dean W.T.P.Miami-Dade86,000CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Camp Owaissa Bauer, PWSID FL4130320, Florida”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/florida/camp-owaissa-bauer-fl4130320 (data as of October 1, 2026).